The Other Side of the Bed (2002)

Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Don't Believe the Hype

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Without the song and dance numbers this would have been a fairly tedious attempt at a romantic comedy. The musical numbers really pulled the entire film together while salvaging what would have been some stupid scenes. The two leading women were gorgeous and did a great job while the two men I just found to be mostly annoying. I loved the fact that all the actors did their own singing. The musical numbers weren't very polished but their cuteness brought the film to life in parts where it was dying. Had these scenes been slicker in their execution and with two better males leads this film would have been a ten.Paz Vega is the hottest woman in the history of cinema.

Javier (Ernesto Alterio) has a problem. Pedro's (Guillermo Toledo - The Galíndez File, The Perfect Crime) girlfriend (Natalia Verbeke) just left him because she is in love with Javier. Javier still has Sonia (Paz Vega) at home. Now, he has to find the energy to satisfy both until he mans up and decides which is the one. Of course, the fact that Pedro is his best friend also complicates matters.This is a romcom made the way romcoms should be made. People don't just run around falling in love; they also have sex. Shocking! Vega (Lucía y el sexo, Spanglish) is great as usual and tries to help Pedro get over his problem. Well, one thing leads to another, and things get complicated.Other characters come in and out, like Leticia Dolera (Man Push Cart), to add to the comedy and, surprise, they break out in song and dance every once in a while. Natalia Verbeke can really sing.Paula returns to Pedro and things really get exciting. Javier thinks Sonia is a lesbian, and Pedro and Lucis can't decide whether they want to tell they are back together. It's a mess.This was one of the funniest films about relationships that I have seen.

I was frankly getting a little bored even of World Cinema until I happened upon this little gem. It's everything Dennis Potter's (r.i.p) Singing Detective could/should have been but wasn't.As you'll appreciate from that summary, it has acting and singing - but don't let that put you off - PLEASE don't let that put you off. I hate musicals myself but this is FANTASTIC. Witty, wry, sexy - the lot.If you don't learn anything from this movie, can I stay at your house?It is a wonderful film. Watch it. Buy it. Steal it if you have to.

Difficult to know the reason why somebody would like to make a movie as dull and tasteless as this film. Is not funny but sad to see how an empty story goes just showing characters and scenes without any meaning at all.The best is the end just because we can just forget quickly this silly and sleepy film. The worst is the music, awful songs! Maybe they tried to copy Dancing in the Dark? The Spanish version? Is it this a version of the Dogma in the Iberian style? Whatever this movie try to be is a total failure.