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The Opposite of Sex

The Opposite of Sex

Comedy · Drama · 1998

A 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.

Movie details

The Opposite of Sex

“You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be offended”

1998 Comedy · Drama 1h 46m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

A 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Opposite of Sex?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Don Roos

Written by

Don Roos

Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci

Dedee Truitt

Martin Donovan

Martin Donovan

Bill Truitt

Lisa Kudrow

Lisa Kudrow

Lucia DeLury

Lyle Lovett

Lyle Lovett

Carl Tippett

Johnny Galecki

Johnny Galecki

Jason Bock

William Lee Scott

William Lee Scott

Randy "One Ball" Cates

Ivan Sergei

Ivan Sergei

Matt Mateo

Court is in session

Put The Opposite of Sex on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.