The Opposite of Sex
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- For the musical see: The Opposite of Sex (musical).
| The Opposite of Sex | |
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 The Opposite of Sex DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Don Roos |
| Produced by | Michael Besman David Kirkpatrick |
| Written by | Don Roos |
| Starring | Christina Ricci Martin Donovan Lisa Kudrow Lyle Lovett Johnny Galecki Ivan Sergei |
| Music by | Mason Daring |
| Cinematography | Hubert Taczanowski |
| Editing by | David Codron |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Release date(s) | May 22, 1998 (USA) |
| Running time | 105 min. |
| Language | English |
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The Opposite of Sex is a 1998 film written and directed by Don Roos. Starring Christina Ricci and Lisa Kudrow, it was a box office success.
The film is a black comedy, narrated by and centered around self-absorbed, manipulative, cynical teenager Dede Truitt (Ricci), who runs away from home after her stepfather's funeral and moves in with her gay half-brother Bill, a teacher. Dede seduces Bill's lover, Matt, then tricks him into believing she has gotten pregnant by him (in fact, the father of her child is her ex-boyfriend Randy Cates). She and Matt elope, leaving Bill and his uptight best friend Lucia (Pronounced: Loo-Shuh instead of Loo-see-ah) (Kudrow), the sister of Bill's (now-dead) previous lover, to try and track them down and sort out the mess. In the meantime, Matt's "bit on the side," Jason Bock, attempts to blackmail Bill, claiming Bill sexually assaulted him while he was a student. The film's climax is set in Canada where all of the characters finally meet up, and where Dede gives birth to her son Randy Jr.
After the birth, Dede moves back in with Bill, while Matt and Jason go travelling together, and Lucia marries her old friend Carl. Narrating the ending, Dede sarcastically concludes that sex is precisely the opposite of what people should want, leading as it does to kids, disease, or worst of all, relationships. At the end of the film, the vignettes of the various caring relationships among the characters shows the Opposite of superficial sexual gratification.
[edit] Cast
- Christina Ricci - Dede Truitt
- Martin Donovan - Bill Truitt
- Lisa Kudrow - Lucia De Lury
- Lyle Lovett - Carl Tippett
- Johnny Galecki - Jason Bock
- Colin Ferguson - Tom De Lury
- William Lee Scott - Randy Cates
- Ivan Sergei - Matt Mateo
