The Other Side of the Bed

Rating:
Summary: A Great Movie from Spain!
Review: El Otro Lado de la Cama (Film Title in Spanish)

I saw this movie in Valencia, Spain in the Summer of 2002. Actually, I saw it TWICE! It is really one of the funniest I have ever seen. I love to see a movie that intertwines the plot amongst the characters and this one does it perfectly. The musical numbers are awesome. They are not the greatest singers, but neither am I. Like another great musical that won the Academy Award for Best Picture of the Year, you will find your self cheering for characters that are not the most "upright". Over all, it is just simply a great movie that all should see. I hope it is released in more cities here in the United States very soon.

Rating:
Summary: A Great Movie from Spain!
Review: El Otro Lado de la Cama (Film Title in Spanish)

I saw this movie in Valencia, Spain in the Summer of 2002. Actually, I saw it TWICE! It is really one of the funniest I have ever seen. I love to see a movie that intertwines the plot amongst the characters and this one does it perfectly. The musical numbers are awesome. They are not the greatest singers, but neither am I. Like another great musical that won the Academy Award for Best Picture of the Year, you will find your self cheering for characters that are not the most "upright". Over all, it is just simply a great movie that all should see. I hope it is released in more cities here in the United States very soon.

Rating:
Summary: Buy the DVD version from Spain!!!
Review: Excellent movie, unfortunately this version appears to be a VHS transfer because the damn English subtitles can not be turned off...

Rating:
Summary: A funny film about sex
Review: I really loved this film. The Spanish seem to be able to make seriously funny films about sex without being smutty or bawdy. I saw this film in a cinema and everyone was laughing out loud, men and women, old and teens. It pokes fun at male machismo and ourability to lie straight faced to a woman in order to get sex. It laughs at women's vulnerabilities.
It takes a piece of suspension of disbelief to handle the fact everyone bursts into song at the touch of a hat, but then the set piece jokes roll you along.
Enjoy!

Rating:
Summary: Ridiculously Funny
Review: Probably the rarest of cinematic forms - a Spanish musical? - The Other Side of the Bed was a huge favourite at the Toronto International Film Festival, 2002. What makes it great is that it is a very human story, occasionally (and usually unexpectedly) interrupted by big choreographed musical numbers. Two couples, both at a stage where they are very comfortable with each other, and both reaching a crossroads where they have to decide what their next steps are. Their stories intertwine in the most curious ways. The movie has a snappy feel to it, and a kind of quick pace, that helps the viewer really feel for these four main characters (and some quirky supporting characters), and what they are going through.

Rating:
Summary: Good movie, bad DVD
Review: The good news: the movie is a lot of fun, especially if you like the sort of postmodern musical that features improbable people breaking into song and dance in improbable places (think Everyone Says I Love You or Love's Labour's Lost). And those of you who don't speak Spanish will be happy to know that the English subtitles are well-done, and translate colloquially and with the correct amount of vulgarity.

The bad news: the region 1 (US) DVD is missing a lot of things that were on the region 2 (Europe) version. They get deleted scenes, outtakes, making-of segments, TV commercials, and a picture gallery; all we get is the theatrical trailer. If you have a region-free player, you may want to get your hands on the version from Spain instead of this one.