The Opposite Sex

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The Opposite Sex

Released Oct 26, 1956

1h 57m

Musical

Comedy

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Former radio singer Kay (June Allyson) learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve (Leslie Nielsen), has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal (Joan Collins). Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back.

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Jean Yothers

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It sparkles with snappy dialogue, a parade of smart fashions and a beauty of a hair-pulling, dress-fearing, name-calling fight.

Oct 8, 2021

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

See the original "The Women" instead.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 27, 2003

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

An awful remake of George Cukor's witty 1939 The Women.

Rated: C-

Oct 7, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 1/5

Jun 29, 2005

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James Berardinelli

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Rated: 2.5/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Audience Member

Watered down remake of THE WOMEN with music.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

07/12/21

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steve d

The story is really unpleasant.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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ashley h

The Opposite Sex is a disappointing film. It is about the virtuous wife who loses her husband to another woman. June Allyson and Joan Collins give terrible performances. The screenplay is badly written. David Miller did a horrible job directing this movie. I was not impressed with this motion picture.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

charmless, dull remake

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Audience Member

Terrible remake of The Women from 1939 with Norma Shearer . June Allyson is about as sexy as a bag of sticks with Joan Collins lack of acting ability on full display. The only thing worth looking at in this technicolor tragedy is the 1956 Lincoln convertible - don't waste your time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

Great June Allyson movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Former radio singer Kay (June Allyson) learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve (Leslie Nielsen), has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal (Joan Collins). Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back.

Director: David Miller
Producer: Joe Pasternak
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 26, 1956, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Runtime: 1h 57m

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