Confusion of Genders (2000)
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18% of critics liked it
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43% of users liked it
(858 ratings)
A lawyer finds himself playing on so many sides at once that he has trouble keeping score in this offbeat comedy. Alain (Pascal Greggory) is a bisexual attorney stuck in a deep well of sexual and professional confusion. Alain has become involved with Laurence (Nathalie Richard), another lawyer who… More A lawyer finds himself playing on so many sides at once that he has trouble keeping score in this offbeat comedy. Alain (Pascal Greggory) is a bisexual attorney stuck in a deep well of sexual and professional confusion. Alain has become involved with Laurence (Nathalie Richard), another lawyer who shares his office; after they sleep together for the first time, Laurence finds herself pregnant, then wants Alain to marry her, even though she knows he doesn't love her. Meanwhile, Alain is obsessed with one of his clients, Marc (Vincent Martinez), who has just been handed a life sentence for murder but is still the man of his dreams, despite the fact that Christophe (Cyrille Thouvenin), Laurence's brother, is in love with Alain and willing to do anything to satisfy his sexual appetite. In order to get closer to Marc, Alain warily agrees to become an intermediary between Marc and his girlfriend Babette (Julie Gayet). But as he begins passing messages between the two, Alain finds himself falling into an affair with Babette. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ilan Duran Cohen, Ila Duran Cohen
- Written By
- Ilan Duran Cohen, Philippe Lasry, Ila Duran Cohen
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 2000 Wide
- On DVD
- Dec 9, 2003
- Studio
- UGC International
Critic Reviews
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Tom Sime, Dallas Morning News
We wander through Alain's life just as he does, never satisfied, and perhaps marveling at how dull bisexual promiscuity actually seems to be.
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Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
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.
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Jami Bernard, New York Daily News
Despite a plethora of 'naughty bits,' it's a yawn.
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Dennis Lim, Village Voice
In an effort to keep the plates spinning, the movie quickly devolves from risque to risible.
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Stephen Holden, New York Times
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 ...
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Cast
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Pascal Greggory
as Alain
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Nathalie Richard
as Laurence
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Vincent Martinez
as Marc
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Alain Bashung
as Etienne
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Julie Gayet
as Babette
- Bulle Ogier
- Cyrille Thouvenin
- Marie Saint-Dizier
- Pierre Barrat