The Opposite of Sex
- Original title
- The Opposite of Sex
- Year
- 1998
- Running time
- 101 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Christina Ricci
- Lisa Kudrow
- Martin Donovan
- Lyle Lovett
- Johnny Galecki
- Ivan Sergei
- William Lee Scott
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy. Drama | Black Comedy. Crime. Gay & Lesbian
- Synopsis
- A 16 year old Louisiana girl moves in with her homosexual half-brother and immediately starts coming on to his sexual partner, finally forcing him into an affair in which she becomes pregnant. The whole affair blows into a scandal exposing her school teacher brother and the true parent of the child is called into question as it is revealed that there have been a series of lovers.
- Awards
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1998: Golden Globes: Nominated Best Actress - Comedy/Musical (Ricci)1998: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Supporting Actress (Lisa Kudrow). 2 Nominations1998: Independent Spirit Awards: Best Screenplay & Best First Feature. 4 Nominations1998: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Original Screenplay1998: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Kudrow)1998: Satellite Awards: Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical.
- Critics' reviews
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"A brilliantly written black comedy in the tradition of 'To Die For' and 'Flirting With Disaster'"
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"The kind of daring feature that doesn't open every Friday at the local multiplex; its frank, sometimes politically incorrect approach towards the act and politics of sex is refreshing"
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"Consistently clever without ever being funny. The film is so in love with its own carefully calibrated outrageousness that it doesn't bother to give its characters any depth"
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