The Opposite of Sex
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: May 22, 1998 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
18
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Film ThreatRon Wells
It's an excellent date film, but it won't change your life. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
For all Ricci's zingers, the actress who gets the most laughs here is Kudrow, who has an amazingly right-on offbeat comic sense and rhythm. Playing a bright, sexually repressed Indiana teacher, she displays priceless timing. [19 June 1998]
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Uneven but always energetic and sometimes very funny. Read full review
50
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
The opposite of entertainment, a self-satisfied soap opera from hell. But anyone itchy to see Ricci in her fleshy glory will adore her femme fatale for the Jerry Springer age, a Stanwyck stoked on steroids and SweeTarts. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Traffics in the coyly blasphemous, aren't-we-dysfunctional family-disaster chic that has become the single most annoying trend in independent filmmaking. Read full review
40
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Consistently clever without ever being funny. The film is so in love with its own carefully calibrated outrageousness that it doesn't bother to give its characters any depth beyond sitcom-level stereotypes. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
This 1998 movie is essentially a compilation of things-aren't-what-they-seem games played on the viewer; all its little tricks, including Ricci's snide and smart-alecky voice-overs about movie conventions, are really old--except one. But it's not worth the wait. Read full review
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