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Other Side of the Bed, The
Sundance Film Series
MPAA 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)
| GENRE(S): |
Romance
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| WRITTEN BY: |
David Serrano
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Emilio Martínez Lázaro
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: March 2, 2004
Video: March 2, 2004
Theatrical: August 29, 2003
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| RUNNING TIME: |
114 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
Spain |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
Spanish (with English subtitles) |
Original title "'El Otro Lado de la Cama"; Nominated, Best Director, Best Film, Best New Actor (Toledo), Best Supporting Actor (San Juan) and Best Supporting Actress (Esteve), 2003 Goya Awards
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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.
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."
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.
63
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Funny and frothy sex comedy from Spain with a very appealing cast -- and mediocre musical numbers.
63
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Sexual doublespeak is everywhere.
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.
60
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
A satire of contemporary sexual warfare that leaves you smiling but also stung.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.''
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.
50
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Consistently sleek but works best if no more is expected of it than a mild diversion.
40
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Lame and inane, but a huge hit in Spain.
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.
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.
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.
30
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
It winds up being tuneless, unfunny and, despite its strenuous efforts, not terribly sexy.
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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