The Opposite of Sex . Tucson Weekly . 07-13-98

The Opposite of Sex

DIRECTED BY: Don Roos

REVIEWED: 07-13-98

Forget about wholesome sincerity in writer/director Don Roos' tale of unrequited love among gays and schoolteachers. Sarcastic self-cancellation rules, as the story's narrator, Christina Ricci, sourly criticizes all the storytelling conventions that come with the depressing territory. The result is a funny, energetic movie with a severe case of multiple-personality disorder. The travails of the spurned Martin Donovan form a fast-moving but not terribly compelling plot that provides Roos plenty of material for the bitchy Ricci (a manipulative catalyst throughout the story) to verbally trample. The movie's inability to keep its heart in one place might become annoying if it weren't for Roos' great lines of dialogue, most of which he gives to Lisa Kudrow, playing Donovan's cynical best friend. Kudrow's gift for sharp comic delivery ensures that the picture remains the opposite of dull throughout.

--Woodruff

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