The Opposite of Sex

REVIEW
A deliciously subversive comedy. Never before has one character (and a teenage girl at that) wreaked more havoc on tranquil lives than in this hilariously mean-spirited comedy. Dedee (Ricci) is a 16-year-old, bad-to-the-bone, white-trash gal eager to sow her wild oats. She leaves her Louisiana life for an extended visit to her gay half-brother Bill (Donovan), a placid and altogether nice guy living with his dumb-as-a-doornail but sexy younger boyfriend Matt (Sergei). And before she has a chance to unpack her bags, she’s seduced Matt and has convinced him to go off together. And there begins the action in this razor-sharp satire that skewers the filmic conventions of a bad girl who really wants to do good as well as offering a decidedly different view of gay men. Kudrow is priceless as the sister of Bill's deceased lover who can't help interfering in his and everyone else's life. Anyone numbed by predictable gay love stories or sensitive coming-out tales should thoroughly enjoy this wicked comedy.