The Opposite Of Sex Details

A musical remake of The Women, but while that MGM classic featured no men in its cast, this film makes the mistake of letting them in, allowing the pretty dreary Jeff Richards and a young Leslie Nielsen to appear opposite female stars Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan, Ann Miller (not on screen enough) and Joan Blondell. The only fly in the ointment is top-billed June Allyson, who seems neither sophisticated nor brittle enough for the shenanigans in Clare Boothe Luce's play. There's also strong support from Barbara Jo Allen, Agnes Moorehead and Charlotte Greenwood, and good use of early CinemaScope. It's sexy, witty and glamorous, and if you can forget the original, it's a lot of fun.

"...[An] unmitigated hoot....Roos turns every American sterotype...into its opposite and back again with precise comedic timing....[Kudrow] manages to be both ridiculous and endearing, like [the film itself]..." -- Rating: A-