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Other Side of the Bed, The
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Mixed or average reviews
Based on 22 critic 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)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
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.
Read Full Review >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."
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
Funny and frothy sex comedy from Spain with a very appealing cast -- and mediocre musical numbers.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
A satire of contemporary sexual warfare that leaves you smiling but also stung.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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).
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.''
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein
Emilio Martinez-Lazaro fails to provide a consistent tone for his movie, which totters between earnest realism and camp.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Consistently sleek but works best if no more is expected of it than a mild diversion.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Ann Hornaday
It winds up being tuneless, unfunny and, despite its strenuous efforts, not terribly sexy.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
