History Film / TheOppositeOfSex

The main protagonist is Dede Truitt (Ricci), a troublemaking teenage girl who leaves home after her father dies and moves in with her gay brother (Donovan). After a few weeks she seduces his boyfriend (Sergei) into bed and ends up pregnant. After that, the two of them take off to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, emptying the brother's bank account along the way.

* AmbiguousEnding: The film ends with [[spoiler: Dede sitting on the side of the road, about to leave home. But she's unsure of whether she really wants to, and she refuses to tell the viewer whether she's going to go back to her child or not]].

* AshesToCrashes: Played with. Dede steals Tom's ashes and uses them to blackmail Bill and Lucia. [[spoiler:She later gives them back unharmed, admitting it was low, even for her, to steal them]]. [[PetTheDog She even double-bagged them]]!

** Dede is open about this in her narration. "I ''don't'' grow a heart of gold."

* BrickJoke: Lucia tells Dede she pronounces her name "loo-sha" because of her sisters Marcia and Tricia when her parents actually named her "loo-chee-ah". Later on she gives her name to a credit card company and spells it out for them. After a pause she snaps "Yes, I know how my own name is pronounced".

* CharacterDevelopment: Almost the first thing Dede's narration tells us is that this isn't going to be a story about how she grew as a character and became a better person. At the end, she faces the possibilty that she has changed, but she still stubbornly declares that she won't turn into a better person in front of us, and [[BreakingTheFourthWall shouts at the camera]] until it (and the audience) goes away.
* ChekhovsGun: Dede is shown packing a gun, and helpfully informs the audience, "This is {{foreshadowing}}. Duh!". Despite the fact that she toys with being an UnreliableNarrator, it does get used later on. [[spoiler:And just when you think it's outlived its usefulness, it comes back a second time]].

* DefrostingIceQueen: Downplayed with Dede. She still remains icy but she does learn a bit about the value of family. [[spoiler: It's left open whether or not she goes back to keep her child]].
* TheDitz: Matt. When Dede tells him she's late, he assumes she's talking about school.

* FilleFatale: Dede is only sixteen but is an expert sexual manipulator.

* IntimateLotionApplication: When Dedee is trying to seduce her brother's boyfriend Sergei by the poolside, she asks him to rub sun lotion on her back, which he does without issue. But then she takes off her bikini top and turns to face him, silently asking him to put it on her bare chest. Sergei tells her she can reach there herself, but she taunts him by claiming he's just afraid that if he'll touch her he'll get aroused and realize he's not gay, much to his annoyance.

* MaybeEverAfter: A non-romantic example. It's left open whether or not Dede [[spoiler: decides to stay with her baby]].

* PosthumousNarration: [[spoiler: Subverted as Dede allows the audience to believe she dies twice in the film]].
* PrettyBoy: Matt, and Dede spends plenty of time EatingTheEyeCandy as a result.
* ReallyGetsAround: Dede, who is a very dark version of this.
* SkewedPriorities: Lampshaded by Lucia after Matt suggests getting married due to Dede's pregnancy.
--> '''Dede:''' I just don't think we should rush into it.

* TitleDrop: Dede's narration gives a partial example. "I don't want sex. I want the opposite."

* UnreliableNarrator: Dede. She even lets the audience think she dies twice. [[FirstPersonSmartass And berates the viewer for believing her]].

* WouldHitAGirl: Randy gets into a literal fight with Dede in the hotel. Especially notable since (bitchy or not), Dede is at least seven months pregnant when it happens.

* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Dede is a pretty dark example.

* TheTwink: Jason.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Matt

''The Opposite of Sex'' is a 1998 {{black comedy}} film written and directed by Don Roos, starring Creator/ChristinaRicci, Martin Donovan, Ivan Sergei and Creator/LisaKudrow.

The main protagonist is Dede Truitt (Ricci), a troublemaking teenage girl who leaves after home after her father dies and moves in with her gay brother (Donovan). After a few weeks she seduces his boyfriend (Sergei) into bed and ends up pregnant. After that, the two of them take off to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, emptying the brother's bank account along the way.

* BiTheWay: Matt is thought to be gay, but quickly falls for Dede, proving he's bisexual.

* KarmaHoudini: Jason. He gets Bill suspended from his job after cooking up a sexual abuse story and he ends up getting the guy at the end.

* PosthumousNarrator: [[spoiler: Subverted as Dede allows the audience to believe she dies twice in the film]].

The main protagonist is Dede Truitt (Ricci), a troublemaking teenage girl who leaves after home after her father dies and moves in with her gay brother (Donovan). After a few weeks she seduces his boyfriend (Sergei) into bed and ends up pregnant. After that, the two of them take off to LosAngeles, emptying the brother's bank account along the way.

* BabiesEverAfter: Both Dede (and Bill by extension) and Lucia end up with kids.

* BiTheWay: Matt
* BitchAlert: In a variation, both Lucia and Dede

* DeadpanSnarker: Lucia.

* DoWrongRight: Bill catches a student writing an insulting statement about him on the bathroom wall. He makes the kid correct the grammar, then lets him go.

* FlamboyantGay: Jason. And how.

* StraightGay: Bill.

* WouldHitAGirl: Randy gets into a literal fight with Dede in the hotel.
** Especially notable since (bitchy or not), Dede is at least seven months pregnant when it happens.

''The Opposite Of Sex'' is a 1998 {{black comedy}} written and directed by Don Roos, starring Creator/ChristinaRicci, Martin Donovan, Ivan Sergei and Creator/LisaKudrow.

* {{Anguish}}: Lucia, ironically one of the most articulate characters in the movie, delves into this when her frustration gets the best of her, with her speech devolving into a string of spat-out obscenities and monosyllables: "Fine! Goddammit! God! Fuck! Shit!"

''The Opposite Of Sex'' is a 1998 {{black comedy}} starring Creator/ChristinaRicci, Martin Donovan, Ivan Sergei and Lisa Kudrow. The main protagonist is Dede Truitt (Ricci), a troublemaking teenage girl who leaves after home after her father dies and moves in with her gay brother (Donovan). After a few weeks she seduces his boyfriend (Sergei) into bed and ends up pregnant. After that, the two of them take off to LA, emptying the brother's bank account along the way.

!!'''The Opposite Of Sex''' provides examples of:
* {{Angrish}} - Lucia, ironically one of the most articulate characters in the movie, delves into this when her frustration gets the best of her, with her speech devolving into a string of spat-out obscenities and monosyllables: "Fine! Goddammit! God! Fuck! Shit!"

* BlondesAreEvil: Dede

* ChekhovsGun: Dede is shown packing a gun, and helpfully informs the audience, "This is {{foreshadowing}}. [[ViewersAreMorons Duh!]]". Despite the fact that she toys with being an UnreliableNarrator, it does get used later on. [[spoiler:And just when you think it's outlived its usefulness, it comes back a second time]].

* Creator/ChristinaRicci: In one of her earliest "adult" roles.

* PlayingAgainstType: Both the female leads. Ricci was known for playing definitely more family-friendly adolescents and Kudrow was known as [[{{Friends}} a certain airhead from New York]]...

* NoBisexuals: Lucia certainly has this attitude. When Matt tries to explain he's bisexual, she remarks "I went to a Bar Mitzvah once, that doesn't make me Jewish."

* ChristinaRicci: In one of her earliest "adult" roles.

''The Opposite Of Sex'' is a 1998 {{black comedy}} starring ChristinaRicci, Martin Donovan, Ivan Sergei and Lisa Kudrow. The main protagonist is Dede Truitt (Ricci), a troublemaking teenage girl who leaves after home after her father dies and moves in with her gay brother (Donovan). After a few weeks she seduces his boyfriend (Sergei) into bed and ends up pregnant. After that, the two of them take off to LA, emptying the brother's bank account along the way.

''The Opposite Of Sex'' is a 1998 black comedy starring Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Ivan Sergei and Lisa Kudrow. The main protagonist is Dede Truitt (Ricci), a troublemaking teenage girl who leaves after home after her father dies and moves in with her gay brother (Donovan). After a few weeks she seduces his boyfriend (Sergei) into bed and ends up pregnant. After that, the two of them take off to LA, emptying the brother's bank account along the way.

* CharacterDevelopment: Almost the first thing Dede's narration tells us is that this isn't going to be a story about how she grew as a character and became a better person. At the end, she faces the possibly that she has changed, but she still stubbornly declares that she won't turn into a better person in front of us, and [[BreakingTheFourthWall shouts at the camera]] until it (and the audience) goes away.

* CharacterDevelopment: Almost the first thing Dede's narration tells us is that this isn't going to be a story about how she grew as a character and became a better person. At the end, she faces the possibly that she has changed, but she still stubbornly declares that she won't turn into a better person in front of us, and [[BreakingTHeFourthWall shouts at the camera]] until it (and the audience) goes away.

* BrickJoke: Lucia tells Dede she pronounces her name "loo-sha" because of her sisters Marcia and Tricia when her parents actually named her "loo-chee-ah". Later on she gives her name to a credit card company and spells it out for them. After a pause she snaps "yes, I know how my own name is pronounced".

* ChekhovsGun: Dedee is shown packing a gun, and helpfully informs the audience, "This is foreshadowing. [[ViewersAreMorons Duh!]]". Despite the fact that she toys with being an UnreliableNarrator, it does get used later on. [[spoiler:And just when you think it's outlived its usefulness, it comes back a second time]].

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* {{Angrish}} - Lucia, ironically one of the most articulate characters in the movie, delves into this when her frustration gets the best of her, with her speech devolving into a string of spat-out obscenities and monosyllables: "Fine! Goddammit! God! Fuck! Shit!"

* HollywoodHomely: Lisa Kudrow as a frumpy sexually repressed spinster?

* PlayingAgainstType: Both the female leads. Ricci was known for playing adolescents and Kudrow was known as a certain airhead from New York...

* UnreliableNarrator: Dede. She even lets the audience think she dies twice.