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Movie Description Sixteen-year-old Deedee runs away from Louisiana to live with her half-brother Bill, an English teacher who happens to be gay. Lucia, Bill's sexually-repressed best friend, distrusts her. These suspicions are confirmed when Deedee lures Bill's boyfriend into bed and talks him into stealing $10,000 from Bill and running away with her to Los Angeles. To make matters worse for Bill, his bitter ex-lover frames him for sexual harassment, causing a scandal in their quiet town. This forces him and Lucia to go on a wild chase in search of Matt and Deedee in order to clear his name. They are joined by Sheriff Carl Tippett, a friend, who begins to fall in love with Lucia. A black comedy about what people must go through in order to find "the opposite of sex" - lasting, committed, and loving relationships.
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Industry Reviews "...A potent cocktail of scandalous comedy and challenging sexual politics, THE OPPOSITE OF SEX is a delight on every conceivable level..." Sight and Sound - p.51-2 - Andy Medhurst (01/01/1999)
"...Profane fun....Ricci is headed for a stunning future..." Rolling Stone - p.198 - Peter Travers (05/28/1998)
"...[An] unmitigated hoot....Roos turns every American sterotype...into its opposite and back again with precise comedic timing....[Kudrow] manages to be both ridiculous and endearing, like [the film itself]..." -- Rating: A- Entertainment Weekly - pp.76-7 - Melissa Pierson (10/02/1998)
"...Sharp observations, laceratingly funny dialogue...[and] a secret heart of gold..." New York Times - p.E14 - Janet Maslin (05/29/1998)
"...[A] wicked little gem....Nobody does sarcasm better than Ricci, who's growing up to be one of America's most consistently interesting actresses..." Los Angeles Times - Kristine McKenna (05/22/1998)
"...Ricci, all peroxide and cleavage, is a monster of adolescent cynicism....As star and witty, subversive narrator, it's her film and she's a revelation..." Total Film - Dorian Lynskey (02/01/2001)
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