The Other Side of the Bed (2002)

Sometimes the game of love requires a little cheating… The Other Side of the Bed is a raucous and sexy romantic comedy with a musical twist. The film tells the story of two couples, along with a collection of their friends and co-workers, whose switching back and forth between lovers leads to lies and heartache – and lots of song and dance.

Good fun movie about switching lovers unknowing with a touch of suspense & much lively dancing.

Two close couples encounter problems when one lady drops her mate cold. He is distraught and goes through all sorts of pain. Later on, the other
lady comes to cheer him up and......... So we have lovers who take their
best friends' lovers and each guy tries desperately to figure things out.
There are some twists and turns. One lady is reported to have slept with
a co-female worker. Lots of contemporary dancing and singing perhaps adds
lightness. The subtitles are excellent. Sadly my VHS skipped a lot but so what. Atypical video entertainment with excellent acting by the four leads. I go with 3 1/2* too. Watch it once and have fun. Sex comedy. July 20, 2008

In Repply To Constanzo From Venezuela

The Sense of humor in this movie is stupid i stand for my position, Sorry Constanzo and about Cantinflas well.........I dont know how to say this, Charlie Chaplin stated once that Cantinflas were one of the greatest Comedians in the History, should i take your opinion or Chaplins opinion? wow! hard desition(ironic tone), and Chapulin colorado sketechs well, they have more than 25 years they were made and Argentina keeps enjoying them as well Colombia and even your Beautifull by the way Country.
Besides if you can recall the names of Cantinflas and Chapulin Colorado it must be for something , Cantinflas is famous worldwide because he acted too in Hollywood productions also Hanna-Barbera produced cartoon series whit his character, and Chapulin Colorado is adored in all latin America , i dont think you can say the same for any comedian from Spain or from Venezuela, comeon give me names.
One more thing, You dont fool anyone using terms such as "post Franco" i dont think youre intellectual
HM
November 3, 2005

A musical twist for a nice light-spirited movie

The musical twist of this film makes it kind of surrealistic and funny. The movie reflects a light-spirited and delicate sense of humor typical of post-Franco Spain. Acting is good and you feel that actors are enjoying and living their parts. By the way, It is funny that the guy from Guadalajara (Mexico) criticizes spanish sense of humor. Mexico is perhaps the country I know with the worse and coarser sense of humor ever. Just remember the horrible Cantiflas movies and the pathetic Chapulin Colorado!!! July 12, 2005

Friendship and betrayal, but all in a very light vein...

Pedro (Guillermo Toledo) is heartbroken because Paula (Natalia Verbeke), his girlfriend, broke up with him. He tries to find comfort in his friends, Javier (Ernesto Alterio) and Sonia (Paz Vega). But wait a little... Isn't Javier the man that Paula left Pedro for?. That is merely the beginning of an entertaining story, that will make you laugh, and sometimes even think a little.

This film talks about friendship and betrayal, but all in a very light vein due to the fact that the people involved can't keep their lies straight. The fact that this movie includes a lot of musical scenes also helps to avoid the gloomy atmosphere that generally pervades in a movie with this kind of subject.

Regarding the actors, they are all quite good in their roles, but in my opinion the real star here was Natalia Verbeke as Paula, a young woman searching for love without being able to find it. I haven't seen many of her movies, but she really shines in this one. The script was also quite good, and there are moments when the spectator thinks he is taking part of a meeting between friends, where the nature of women and relationships is being discussed by men who don't really seem to know too much about either of those subjects. Don't expect enlightening remarks because you won't find them, but be ready to laugh a lot when a casual comment is just too bizarre to let it go without doing something.

On the whole, I think that this film is quite good and I give it 3.5 stars out of 5. It is entertaining, and funny at times, but it isn't the kind of movie you will want to see ten times in a row. All the same, I recommend it to you, because you will probably enjoy this movie a lot if you watch it just once.

Belen Alcat March 15, 2005

Buy the DVD version from Spain!!!

Excellent movie, unfortunately this version appears to be a VHS transfer because the damn English subtitles can not be turned off... February 6, 2005

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