The Opposite Sex

The Opposite Sex is an opulent musical remake of Clare Booth Luce's The Women (1939). June Allyson stars in the old Norma Shearer role, playing the virtuous wife who loses her husband to scheming Joan Collins (as the Joan Crawford character). At first agreeing to a divorce, June decides to win hubby ...more

Ideally, a musical version of The Women, one of the funniest movies of Hollywood's Golden Age, would be created with the wit, style and imagination the source material deserves. The Opposite Sex falls significantly short in all of these areas, but if it's a disappointing and flawed adaptation, it's still good fun on its own terms. The mistakes are fairly obvious, such as adding men to the cast, a move that robs the film of its unique flavor. The problem is compounded by a mediocre score with ...more