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9.0 User Score:

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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: Andrew McGahan (also novel)

Directed by: John Curran

Release Date:
Theatrical: June 23, 2000
DVD: November 6, 2001

Running Time: 98 minutes, Color

Origin: Australia

Summary

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.

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

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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