Product Details

• Actors: Ernesto Alterio, Paz Vega, Guillermo Toledo, Natalia Verbeke, Alberto San Juan
• Directors: Emilio Martínez Lázaro
• Writers: David Serrano
• Producers: Ghislain Barrois, Ignacio Salazar-Simpson, José Antonio Sáinz de Vicuña, José Herrero de Egaña, Mohamed Khashoggi
• Format: Color, Dolby, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: Spanish
• Subtitles: English
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sundance Channel Home Entertainment
• VHS Release Date: March 2, 2004
• Run Time: 114 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001Y4LQE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #387,283 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good movie, bad DVD, April 10, 2004

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Mark J Dulcey "Pryder mab Aurddolen" (Dorchester, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Other Side of the Bed (DVD)

The good news: the movie is a lot of fun, especially if you like the sort of postmodern musical that features improbable people breaking into song and dance in improbable places (think Everyone Says I Love You or Love's Labour's Lost). And those of you who don't speak Spanish will be happy to know that the English subtitles are well-done, and translate colloquially and with the correct amount of vulgarity.

The bad news: the region 1 (US) DVD is missing a lot of things that were on the region 2 (Europe) version. They get deleted scenes, outtakes, making-of segments, TV commercials, and a picture gallery; all we get is the theatrical trailer. If you have a region-free player, you may want to get your hands on the version from Spain instead of this one.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Friendship and betrayal, but all in a very light vein..., March 15, 2005

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M. B. Alcat "Curiosity killed the cat, but sa... (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Other Side of the Bed (DVD)

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

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ridiculously Funny, October 24, 2003

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Aleksandar Stosich "Biologist, Ethnographer, ... (Hamilton, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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Probably the rarest of cinematic forms - a Spanish musical? - The Other Side of the Bed was a huge favourite at the Toronto International Film Festival, 2002. What makes it great is that it is a very human story, occasionally (and usually unexpectedly) interrupted by big choreographed musical numbers. Two couples, both at a stage where they are very comfortable with each other, and both reaching a crossroads where they have to decide what their next steps are. Their stories intertwine in the most curious ways. The movie has a snappy feel to it, and a kind of quick pace, that helps the viewer really feel for these four main characters (and some quirky supporting characters), and what they are going through.