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- 2003
- R
- Sundance Film Series
- 1 h 54 m
- 2003
- R
- Sundance Film Series
- 1 h 54 m
Summary 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)
Directed By: Emilio Martínez Lázaro
Written By: David Serrano
- 2003
- R
- Sundance Film Series
- 1 h 54 m
- 2003
- R
- Sundance Film Series
- 1 h 54 m
The Other Side of the Bed
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6.2
Summary 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)
Directed By: Emilio Martínez Lázaro
Written By: David Serrano
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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27% Positive
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6 Reviews
59% Mixed
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14% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
47
27% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
59% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
14% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
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."
Sexual doublespeak is everywhere.
A satire of contemporary sexual warfare that leaves you smiling but also stung.
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.
Emilio Martinez-Lazaro fails to provide a consistent tone for his movie, which totters between earnest realism and camp.
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.
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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Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
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6.2
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Awards
Goya Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Spanish Actors Union
• 5 Nominations
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
• 3 Nominations
