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      Confusion of Genders

      2000 1h 34m Romance Comedy List
      18% 11 Reviews Tomatometer 60% 500+ Ratings Audience Score A bisexual lawyer (Pascal Greggory) impregnates a colleague (Nathalie Richard) but would rather spend his time with a male client (Vincent Martinez) who's in jail. Read More Read Less

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      Tom Sime Dallas Morning News We wander through Alain's life just as he does, never satisfied, and perhaps marveling at how dull bisexual promiscuity actually seems to be. Rated: C- Oct 16, 2003 Full Review Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times Certainly sexy, entertaining and provocative -- in several senses of the word -- but it's also tiresome as only a French film can be when everyone in it has only sex and amour on his or her mind and is deadly serious about both. Rated: 3/5 Aug 15, 2003 Full Review Jami Bernard New York Daily News Despite a plethora of 'naughty bits,' it's a yawn. Rated: 2/4 Jul 9, 2003 Full Review Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone TheMovieChicks.com This movie is confused about what it's trying to be (it's works best as a sex farce), but it's kind of like the relationships in the movie - you sort of get what you want but still aren't satisfied. Rated: 2.5/5 Oct 24, 2003 Full Review Scott Foundas L.A. Weekly In aiming for zingy, topical farce, it goes strangely limp, coasting on the fumes of its own self-satisfied shock value. Aug 15, 2003 Full Review David Noh Film Journal International Eet ees all so vairy French, you see, and more zan a leetle tiresome. Jul 16, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member suspenseful in its complications and complicated in its suspenses ... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Bad title, bad cover (& why every G&L related movie always has to use an ugly, tasteless artwork for the poster or DVD cover?!!) I guess the film was supposed to be funny (noir) for certain moments but too uptight overall. Confusing (core) character. Confusing plotline. Perhaps the one most confused are the audiences. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review walter m [font=Century Gothic]In "Confusion of Genders," Alain(Pascal Greggory) is a middle aged lawyer who is depressed on both a personal and a professional level.[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]Despite having numerous trysts with members of both genders, he still feels lonely and worries about growing old alone. So, he proposes to his boss, Laurence(Nathalie Richard), who accepts. Then, she gets pregnant. Complicating matters even further is Christophe(Cyrille Thouvenin), brother to Marlene(Marie Saint-Dizier), one of Alain's old hookups, who one night brings Alain home with him.[/font] [font=Century Gothic]Alain wants to take on an important case but Laurence demurs until a murder case comes their way. The client, Marc(Vincent Martinez), gets a life sentence. Alain feels so guilty that he agrees to act as a go-between in a wedding proposal from Marc to his girlfriend, Babette(Julie Gayet), a hair stylist.[/font] [font=Century Gothic]"Confusion of Genders" is an offbeat satire with an erotic edge. As well-acted and engaging as it is, it could have been even better if its staccato rhythm had been slowed down in a couple of places. The movie is about the pursuit of happiness where the best advice is to roll with the punches, as events may play out in totally unexpected and wonderful ways. For example, Alain's bout of self-loathing comes from life differing from the expectations he originally had, especially not fitting in as well as he would like. Part of that comes from the law not turning out to be the idealistic profession he once thought it was. [/font] Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member 5.5/10. Dark comedy, nicely acted by the leads. It is an interesting story but did not always hold my interest. The characters lack depth. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member In spite of the stupid title, this was a fascinating movie. If you have friends like mine, then these characters will seem very realistic and all too common. The main "confusion" was about how to communicate desire, and in this case, made it seem all that more real. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member At first I was laughing because I thought they were being serious. Then when I realized it was a comedy I laughed even more. It could have easily gone overboard but fortunately the director works as fast as Alain's scatterbrain and the result is like nothing I've never seen before. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A bisexual lawyer (Pascal Greggory) impregnates a colleague (Nathalie Richard) but would rather spend his time with a male client (Vincent Martinez) who's in jail.
      Director
      Ilan Duran Cohen
      Screenwriter
      Ilan Duran Cohen, Philippe Lasry
      Genre
      Romance, Comedy
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Release Date (DVD)
      Dec 9, 2003
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $49.0K
      Runtime
      1h 34m