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Confusion of Genders (2003)
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Reviews Counted: 11
Fresh: 2
Rotten:9
Average Rating: 4/10
Theatrical Release: Jul 9, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: Alain (Pascal Greggory, THOSE WHO LOVE ME CAN TAKE THE TRAIN) is a bisexual lawyer juggling a complex tangle of human relationships in the frisky French romantic comedy CONFUSION OF GENDERS.... Alain (Pascal Greggory, THOSE WHO LOVE ME CAN TAKE THE TRAIN) is a bisexual lawyer juggling a complex tangle of human relationships in the frisky French romantic comedy CONFUSION OF GENDERS. Embroiled in an office romance with his female colleague Laurence (Nathalie Richard), Alain is also being pursued by Christophe (Cyrille Thouvenin), the cute teenaged brother of an ex-girlfriend. And as if one love triangle weren't enough, Alain finds himself attracted to his imprisoned client Marc (Vincent Martinez), a bad-boy murder suspect offering sexual services in exchange for reconciliation with his lover Babette (Julie Gayet), a hairdresser whose overt sexuality Alain also finds appealing...But by this point, Christophe has moved in, Laurence is pregnant, and Alain is further torn between conflicting desires for commitment and sexual freedom. With the help of a dynamic cast, snappy dialogue, risque humor, and a uniquely French flair, CONFUSION OF GENDERS deftly explores the farcical nature of sex and romance in the postmodern age. [More]
Starring: Pascal Greggory, Nathalie Richard, Cyrille Thouvenin, Vincent Martinez
Starring: Pascal Greggory, Nathalie Richard, Cyrille Thouvenin, Vincent Martinez, Julie Gayet, Alain Bashung, Valerie Stroh, Bulle Ogier, Nelly Borgeaud
Director: Ila Duran Cohen
Director: Ila Duran Cohen
Screenwriter: Ila Duran Cohen
Producer: Didier Boujard
Composer: Jay Jay Johanson
Studio: Picture This! Entertainment
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Release:
Dec 9, 2003
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Letterboxed
Audio:
- Dolby Surround - French
Additional Release Material:
- Audio Commentary
- Trailer
- Bonus Trailers
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- Scene Access
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Reviews for Confusion of Genders
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.
We wander through Alain's life just as he does, never satisfied, and perhaps marveling at how dull bisexual promiscuity actually seems to be.
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.
In aiming for zingy, topical farce, it goes strangely limp, coasting on the fumes of its own self-satisfied shock value.
Eet ees all so vairy French, you see, and more zan a leetle tiresome.
Though the film's frontal nudity and frequent sex scenes give it a superficial air of provocation, its characters are fundamentally conventional.
In an effort to keep the plates spinning, the movie quickly devolves from risque to risible.
A sleek-looking film with intense performances by its cast, Confusion of Genders has nothing to say that wasn't put much more succinctly in a minor 50's pop hit for Sarah Vaughan ...
The central character in the cynical French sex farce Confusion of Genders is such an odious piece of work -- weak, indecisive and shallow -- that it's hard to follow his carnal misadventures with anything approaching interest.
Although there's quite a bit of nudity and sex, the potentially sensationalistic story is acted with sincerity and directed with a creative eye.
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