The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them

The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Matthew Meshekoff
Written by	Noah Stern
Produced by	Stanley M. Brooks Robert F. Newmyer
Starring	Arye Gross Courteney Cox Kevin Pollak Julie Brown
Cinematography	Jacek Laskus
Edited by	Adam Weiss
Music by	Ira Newborn
Production companies	Once Upon a Time Films Outlaw Productions
Distributed by	Miramax Films
Release date	March 26, 1993 (1993-03-26)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.5 million[1]
Box office	$690,966[2]

The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them is a 1993 American romantic comedy film directed by Matthew Meshekoff and written by Noah Stern. The film stars Arye Gross, Courteney Cox, Kevin Pollak, Julie Brown, Mitchell Ryan and Mitzi McCall. The film was released on March 26, 1993, by Miramax Films.^[3][4]

Plot[]

At a bar in Boston Carrie and David met and hence started their story of love, relationship and the journey of Love life.

David met Carrie at a bar and where he was with his friend Eli trying to pic girls. David and Carrie met and liked each other at first glance but where reluctant to approach each other because neither showed much interest. But fate had other plans because they soon met again at a baseball game; And thanks to Carrie's friend and roommate Zoe, David got her number and asked her out. Soon they started dating and their relationship grew.

In every step of their relationship, either Eli, Zoe, David or even Carrie broke the fourth wall to express their inner thoughts and feeling.

Carrie and David's relationship grew from dates to spending nights at each others' place to growing close emotionally, when at a sexual encounter at Carrie's workplace led them to be convinced by some kids that they should move in together and sudden confession of love by both of them.

Soon to the devastation of Eli who was sad from losing his childhood friend to the binds of relationship they moved in to David's apartment. And soon interrogation and rigorous meetings with each other's parents were held. When one night Eli's call somehow reminded David his Deep-rooted Fear Of Missing Out(FOMO) and fear of commitment. Which resulted in Carrie and David's growing apart leading to eventual breakup.

Soon after their breakup and their shipwreck of first dates, Zoe through a fourth wall break reminded the audience that "The worst thing than not getting what you want, is getting what you want"-Oscar Wilde. After their one each first dates with their perfect match, it made them realise how much they missed each other and how much they loved each other, leading to their eventual patch up by a Fourth wall break talk show by Eli featuring Carrie and David.

Soon after their patch up, David and Carrie were often compared to an old married couples, underlining the "married" Part and David having a nightmare about Carrie marrying another man, led David proposing to Carrie in the same Boston bar where they had met the first time.

On their wedding day during heart-to-heart conversation between Carrie and Zoe & David and Eli, it was revealed that Carrie was wondering about her identity after her marriage and how things will change to which Zoe talked about her new life as a married woman, mother, etc. And it was also revealed during the talk between David and Eli that Eli's reluctant behavior towards David's relationship was purely fueled by worry that Carrie might not be best as David's life-partner, and that Eli also wishes to marry someday with the right person.

The movie ends with Eli and Zoe setting a day for their date and Carrie and David's marriage being Officiated by both Christian and Jewish Traditions.

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Reception[]

The film received negative reviews from critics. It holds a rating of 7% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 14 reviews.

References[]

External links[]

• The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them at IMDb
• The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them at Rotten Tomatoes