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Metascore: 79 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.0 out of 10
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MPAA RATING: Not rated

Starring Peter Fenton, Sacha Horler, and Marta Dusseldorp

A sex-charged relationship between an unfocused, chain-smoking asthmatic and a nymphomaniac with eczema.


GENRE(S): Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Andrew McGahan (also novel)  
DIRECTED BY: John Curran  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: November 6, 2001 
Theatrical: June 23, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 98 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Australia 

What The Critics Said

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90
Slate David Edelstein
Not enough happens in it. And yet everything happens in it.
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90
Los Angeles Times David Chute
A lovely piece of movie making: precisely controlled but with a lived-in scruffiness.
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90
Variety Leonard Klady
A feature debut that packs a knockout punch.
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90
The New York Times A.O. Scott
Praise will stick with you. It's more than worthy of its title.
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83
Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Heavier on mood than incident, but its vision of a doomed erotic power war has a lurching authenticity.
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80
Village Voice J. Hoberman
Projects a confessional frankness about human relationships that has the messy feel of truth.
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80
LA Weekly Manohla Dargis
A surprisingly affecting mood piece.
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75
San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
Achieves a rare interweaving of the darkly poetical and raspy, cockeyed comedy.
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70
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Their doomed fling is oddly hypnotic and ultimately haunting.
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70
Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
Praise will get under your skin.
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63
New York Post Jonathan Foreman
The film's earthy frankness is refreshing.
63
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Unrelentingly, admirably committed to its own grimness.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Alex M. gave it a 9:
This movie is an extraordinary study of human emotion, it takes different emotions and puts them under the microscope to magnify them ten-fold. This however can be confronting and uncomfortable for some people but makes it quite an amazing and bold piece of cinema. The actors manage to rise to the challenge of tackling difficult subject matter, delivering excellent performances all around. This film is not for everyone, but if you appreciate the study of life, warts and all, then this Aussie gem may be for you.

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