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The Opposite of Sex

1998 · 106 min

A sharp, gossipy narrator pulls you through messy lives with wit, jabs and unexpected tenderness.

Directed by: Don Roos
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow

Tagline: You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be offended
Overview: A 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.

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Directed by: Don Roos
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow

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Tone: cynicalstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
sexuality
grief
betrayal
Places: suburbs
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	7
Realism	7
Romance	6
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Don Roos
Written by: Don Roos
Starring: Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow, Lyle Lovett, Johnny Galecki, William Lee Scott, Ivan Sergei, Megan Blake
Music: Mason Daring
Cinematography: Hubert Taczanowski
Runtime: 106 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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