The Opposite Sex (1956)

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

Absolutely the worst movie.

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

not only doesn't this version come close, but it just is not a good film. Poor casting, poor use of the cast they did choose. Beginning with June Allyson, who is so badly miscast that nothing else matters. She is way too old for the role, and if not, she looks it, which is almost worse. She looks about 50. The hairstyle could not be less flattering if that were the point. And making this into a musical is just comical and not in a good way.Some of the sets and costumes are worth seeing. But oh, the 50's were hard on women, as far as hair and make-up went. Very difficult for beauty to shine through. Even Joan Collins looks older than she was at the time, due to the styling. Maybe I am old-fashioned, but the longer, soft hairstyles of the 30's and early 40's were so much prettier and sexier. In the 50's, they all looked so priggish and stiff, but I guess that represents the entire decade.

This is one of my favorite movies since I was a kid. The bad reviews it gets here blow my mind. The cast was excellent in my opinion and the adding of the men unlike "The Woman" is great to me. Leslie Nielson is crazy hot and so is the guy who plays Buck. Also Joan Collins is indescribably hotter than Joan Crawford as Crystal Allen and fits the part perfect. Another question for me is who doesn't think June Allyson is adorable and The Countess is wonderful?? This is obviously one of those movies that you should see for yourself and make your own opinion because they vary drastically from person to person. Me my two sisters, my mother & my Grandmother have loved this movie our whole lives!! The remake of The Woman most recently (2008) is what was ridiculous and not worth watching, I mean they made The Countess a pothead and they wrote Meg Ryans part as just a pathetic female with no life or goals!!! Now thats a sad reproduction!!!

June Allyson is not naughty enough for her husband, so he goes for Joan Collins, who has a roving eye of her own. They have to decide, in the end, which twosome is preferable. What seems like a million other characters move in and out of the story, all focused around Ms. Allyson. Some of the characters are interesting and recognizable, some are not… all become tiresome, eventually. It does sound, like others have commented, that Doris Day sings one of Allyson's songs (early-ish in the movie). I've been watching TCM's tribute to Allyson, and some of these films are strange indeed! It's nice of TCM to show them, though.Allyson often wears something to match her lipstick. Ms. Collins likes to smoke in her bathtubs. *** The Opposite Sex (10/26/56) David Miller ~ June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan

I have to say I am baffled by the trashing of this film. Are we watching the same movie? I have watched both The Women and The Opposite Sex, all within the span of a week on Turner Classic and though the Women was cleverer, The Opposite Sex was not really in the "Chopped Liver" category either.Yes, it's true. Given a choice, I would rather watch The Women too.But the Opposite Sex has adequate acting, women in gorgeous gowns and sticks quite faithfully to the original story-line whereby the 1st Wife gets her revenge against the 2nd wife. Who doesn't love the lucked-out-housewife-wins-the-day-story-line? I know I do.And I do enjoy looking at Jeff Richards as the hunky singing cowboy, Buck.If you have the time, why not check it out yourself.