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The Opposite of Sex

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The Opposite of Sex (1998)

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Reviews Counted: 40 Fresh: 33  Rotten:7 Average Rating: 7.1/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Deedee runs away from Louisiana to live with her half-brother Bill, an English teacher who happens to be gay. Lucia, Bill's sexually-repressed best friend, distrusts her. These suspicions are confirmed when Deedee lures Bill's boyfriend into bed and talks him into... Sixteen-year-old Deedee runs away from Louisiana to live with her half-brother Bill, an English teacher who happens to be gay. Lucia, Bill's sexually-repressed best friend, distrusts her. These suspicions are confirmed when Deedee lures Bill's boyfriend into bed and talks him into stealing $10,000 from Bill and running away with her to Los Angeles. To make matters worse for Bill, his bitter ex-lover frames him for sexual harassment, causing a scandal in their quiet town. This forces him and Lucia to go on a wild chase in search of Matt and Deedee in order to clear his name. They are joined by Sheriff Carl Tippett, a friend, who begins to fall in love with Lucia. A black comedy about what people must go through in order to find "the opposite of sex" - lasting, committed, and loving relationships. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow, Lyle Lovett, Johnny Galecki

Director: Don Roos
Screenwriter: Don Roos
Producer: David Kirkpatrick, Michael Besman
Composer: Mason Daring

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Aug 10, 1999

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This politically incorrect comedy serves up murder, unwanted pregnancy, and other neuroses, all undercut by the acerbic asides of the Lolita-like protag (acidly played by Christina Ricci).

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A few poorly cast actors bring this one down a few notches.

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Hilarious and confident...the couples multiply, couplings turn into triangles, and the year’s most unlikely authorities separate love from mere, if avid, pastimes.

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