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Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review ashley h The Opposite Sex is a disappointing film. It is about the virtuous wife who loses her husband to another woman.
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- June Allyson
- David Miller
- Musical, Comedy
The Opposite Sex: Directed by David Miller. With June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan. Former nightclub singer Kay Hilliard, married 10 years and mother of a young daughter, is informed that her husband Steven is having an affair with chorus girl Crystal Allen, so she goes to Reno for a divorce.
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- 4 min
- David Miller
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Kay Hilliard, a former nightclub singer, discovers that her husband, theater producer Steven, is having an affair with showgirl Crystal Allen. Kay is the last to find out among her circle of gossiping girlfriends. Kay travels to Renoto divorce from Steve who then marries Crystal, but when Kay learns that Crystal is not faithful to Steve, she starts...
Unlike the 1936 play and the 1939 film adaptation, The Opposite Sex includes musical numbers and features male actors who portray the husbands and boyfriends, whose characters were only referred to in the previous film and stage versions.This alters the structure and tone of the base storyline significantly. Fay Kaninwho cowrote the script with her...
Film critic Bosley Crowther wrote in The New York Times that the film had a "venomous mixture of deadly females vs. deadlier females, sharp dialogue and songs," that "the principals, who keep the catfights going briskly, make it [...] interesting," and "the lush wardrobes, enhanced by excellent color photography, provided for this covey of dames, i...
The Opposite Sex at IMDbThe Opposite Sex at AllMovieThe Opposite Sex at the American Film Institute CatalogThe Opposite Sex at the TCM Movie Database- $2.8 million
- Joe Pasternak
- October 26, 1956
The Opposite Sex: Directed by Jennifer Finnigan, Jonathan Silverman. With Geoff Stults, Mena Suvari, Jennifer Finnigan, Josh Hopkins. The story of Vince, New England's most successful divorce attorney. To Vince, life is one big competition, and losing is unacceptable. This also applies in his dating life with his love 'em and leave 'em approach ...
- Jennifer Finnigan, Jonathan Silverman
- 2 min
May 21, 2015 · The Opposite Sex Released May 21, 2015 1h 37m Comedy List Reviews 8% Audience Score 50+ Ratings Two people (Geoff Stults, Mena Suvari) enter a series of entertaining wagers in which the winner ...
- (5)
- Jennifer Finnigan, Jonathan Silverman
- Comedy
The Opposite of Sex (1998) View more photos Movie Info. Synopsis After her stepfather dies, 16-year-old Dede (Christina Ricci) moves in with her gay half-brother Bill, (Martin Donovan). Already ...
- (43)
- Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+
- R
Jul 18, 2003 · One of two excellent documentaries on gender transition by "Sound and the Fury" director Josh Aronson, "The Opposite Sex: Rene's Story" offers a thoroughly engrossing verite look at titular ...
