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Other Side of the Bed, The

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Other Side of the Bed, The reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Romance

Written by: David Serrano

Directed by: Emilio Martínez Lázaro

Release Date:
Theatrical: August 29, 2003
DVD: March 2, 2004

Running Time: 114 minutes, Color

Origin: Spain

Language(s): Spanish (with English subtitles)

Summary

RATING: R for sexuality/nudity and language

Starring Ernesto Alterio, Paz Vega, Guillermo Toledo, Natalia Verbeke, Alberto San Juan, María Esteve, Ramón Barea, and Nathalie Poza

A raucous and sexy romantic comedy with a musical twist. The film tells the story of two couples whose search for love leads to lies and heartache -- and lots of song and dance. (Sundance Film Series)

What The Critics Said

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80

Washington Post Desson Thomson

Peppy, funny and sensual. If you have to see any romantic comedy that's not directed by Billy Wilder, or written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, this wouldn't be a bad choice.

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80

Empire David Hughes

The exuberance of the package, coupled with a sexual frankness seldom seen in English language cinema, makes this the most fun foreign film since "Y Tu Mamá También."

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67

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

This isn't the Bollywood blast of color and song or the brassy razzle-dazzle of "Chicago," but a quieter, sweeter approach that works against the chaotic comedy while humanizing the characters.

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63

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Funny and frothy sex comedy from Spain with a very appealing cast -- and mediocre musical numbers.

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63

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

Sexual doublespeak is everywhere.

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63

Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

A smart, sprightly little movie with beguiling actors and few inhibitions. Though there's nothing startlingly new here, there's a freshness and vigor to the acting, and the crisscrossing love affairs hold your interest.

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60

The New York Times Stephen Holden

A satire of contemporary sexual warfare that leaves you smiling but also stung.

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60

Variety Jonathan Holland

A nicely contempo mood, engaging characters energized by solid perfs from a good-looking, high-profile young cast, and genuinely witty scripting are let down only by over-length and some generally turgid tunes.

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50

Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow

Too bad it doesn't deserve to fold the bedsheets of Paul Mazursky's L.A. roundelay "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" (1969).

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50

The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen

A big fluff ball of a sex farce that's so light and flimsy it's a wonder they were able to thread it through the projector.

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50

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey

Even the visions of attractive half-dressed bodies lolling about in various Madrid bedrooms or leaping into spontaneous music videos don't prove compelling for long.

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50

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

Despite a brisk opening and some agreeable (if sloppy) choreography at the very end, I was less than tickled by the premise of David Serrano's script, that the characters lie to and betray one another as naturally as they breathe.

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50

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Everyone in The Other Side of the Bed, alas, has the depth of a character in a TV commercial: They're all surface, clothes, hair and attitude, and the men have the obligatory three-day beards.

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50

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

While we can agree, for the sake of Iberian-American cinematic friendship, to go along with the whole simplified 1960s swinger premise and ''The Jackie Gleason Show'' choreography, we can also long for the comparatively nuanced 1990s swinger premise of ''Friends.''

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50

San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein

Emilio Martinez-Lazaro fails to provide a consistent tone for his movie, which totters between earnest realism and camp.

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50

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

Consistently sleek but works best if no more is expected of it than a mild diversion.

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40

TV Guide Ken Fox

Lame and inane, but a huge hit in Spain.

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40

Dallas Observer Jean Oppenheimer

The film is smart enough to aim for farce rather than whimsy or reality. The songs are still bland--"I hid the alarm clock," "too much lipstick"--but at least the characters are somewhat entertaining.

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40

LA Weekly Scott Foundas

The dancing is dazzling in director Emilio Martínez-Lázaro's The Other Side of the Bed, but the movie itself is a dud.

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30

The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps

The Spanish import The Other Side Of The Bed takes a winning idea and drives it directly into the ground.

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30

Washington Post Ann Hornaday

It winds up being tuneless, unfunny and, despite its strenuous efforts, not terribly sexy.

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10

Village Voice Laura Sinagra

If Martínez-Lázaro, as he reiterated at the Miami Film Festival earlier this year, wants to expand the U.S. Spanish-language film market, one hopes he'll aim higher than this.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Ashley E. gave it a 10:
Love it!

Vanessa R. gave it a 9:
A funny and sexy comedy. I truly thought it was hysterical, but I speak the language....I believe it lost some of the meaning in the translation thus giving it a poor rating among critics which is unfortunate.

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