The Opposite of Sex

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Anyone who is into Christina Ricci should not miss this film. She is a gem, and the supporting cast helps to showcase her exquisite talent. This movie seems like it was written especially for her. Lisa Kudrow also does a great job spreading her wings as uptight Lucia.

I had read a lot about this movie, and I have just seen it. I thought that the movie was excellent because it kept having something new happening all of the time. Ricci did a very good job playing a seductive teenager in this film. The cast was good. It's interesting seeing a movie about a 16 year old girl who falls in love with her gay brother's partner and seduces him and manages to take him away from her brother. I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone under 14.

This is one brilliantly written script. Despite what others have said, Christina Ricci's narrative over the film was fresh, humorous and intelligent. The casting had some dubious points - Kudrow was definitely the right choice for the role, so many small points suited her to a tee, but overall she didn't seem "concrete" enough for the audience to really become attached to the character. This I thought was a shame; she can be a fabulous actress. Lovett's character could have been played by anyone really, and in someways that's not such a bad idea. Perhaps the director just forgot about him. After having seen so many big budget films recently I was left feeling very satisfied with the film as a whole - for once the ending was gradual and didn't leave you hanging out with so many things unfinished. This has put me right in Christina Ricci's fan club - a worthy treat for any film lover.

*WARNING* Spoilers ... 16 year old trailer trash DeeDee stubs a cigarette out on her stepfather's grave and sets off to find her half brother Bill, who she calls "a real life homo". When she finds him, his boyfriend has just died of AIDS and left Bill a large sum of money. She seduces Bill's stupid new boyfriend Matt, steals the money and the boy and takes off to LA. Ricci looks like she is having a lot of fun playing this character and it makes the movie great fun to watch. You can tell when watching this movie that everyone involved loved making it. All the performances are superb and the director Don Roos seems to know how much fun everyone is having. He makes the perfect black comedy. Such relentless vicious bitchiness can be hard to take when you have to sit through 2 hours of it. At times this movie is difficult, but all that proves is how good the performance and the direction is. (8/10)

I rented this film because I enjoyed Christina Ricci in the Ice Storm and wanted to see if she would be as entertaining. As it turned out, I actually liked everybody except Christina Ricci. I really got involved with the supporting characters and didn't care much for the parts when she was in it. Her character is almost a villain in this film, and since I cared more for the other characters I couldn't sympathize with her. The dialogue is quite witty and even Lisa Kudrow is fun to watch. You'll likely feel happy after seeing this, even if Ricci's mean spirited character isn't up your alley.

I don't understand why this movie got great reviews. The title should have been "The opposite of Good", which is just what the movie was-bad. On paper the movie reads well. However the way the movie was made, makes one want to run out of the theater. The last scene tries to put the whole movie together. However it didn't make up for the hour and some minutes of non-sense.

Look out, Jodie Foster... there's a new child actress emerging into an excellent adult actress, and her name is Christina Ricci. In a role far from her sweet-tart roles in "Casper", "Now and Then", and "That Darn Cat!", Ricci absolutely OWNS this film as Dedee Truitt - the foul-mouthed 16-year old nymphet who "doesn't have a heart of gold and doesn't grow one later". Though the screenplay is a bit far-fetched (the story takes place all over the country, and characters always seem to "find" each other anyway), it has some of the sharpest dialogue to come out in years. Ivan Sergei is hilarious as the oh-so-dumb boyfriend, and Lisa Kudrow takes a respectable dramatic turn (though she still can't shake the Phoebe mannerisms, even with the tied back hair and matured look). But it's Ricci's show all the way. Rating: 9/10

Well, it wasn't a BAD movie, I've certainly seen much worse. And the story was very original, I'll give it that. But Christina Ricci's attempt at brutal and presumably endearing honesty left me with the impression of self-righteousness; like the director is saying "well, I can be honest, so I'm better than all of you that lie to yourselves." Perhaps I'm being to harsh on Roos' directorial debut...or perhaps he should look around and see that people aren't all that bad, and being evil and completely lacking in morals like Deedee Truitt doesn't make someone better. Still, I would recommend it so that you can make your own assessment.