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Rain
IDP Distribution
FILM:
MPAA RATING: Not Rated
Starring
Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki,
Sarah Peirse,
Marton Csokas,
Alistair Browning,
Telma Hopkins,
and
Aaron Murphy
A chronicle of the sexual and moral awakening of a thirteen-year-old girl as her family disintegrates around her.
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Christine Jeffs
Kirsty Gunn (novel)
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Christine Jeffs
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: February 11, 2003
Video: February 11, 2003
Theatrical: April 26, 2002
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| RUNNING TIME: |
92 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
New Zealand / USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
Boston Globe
Loren King
Affecting, troubling, dazzling film.

90
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
The visual beauty of the film, rather than distracting from the troubling story, makes it more troubling still.

90
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
All about undertones, obliqueness and expectancy, about the scent, if you will, of something no one can stop

90
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Moves way past the predictable into the shocking. Indeed, the film is so expertly structured and paced that its denouement knocks you off your feet.

90
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Through exquisite details, evocative music and bold dramatic strokes -- including a tragedy that transcends the melodrama it might have been -- Rain renders this family's life in its full dimensions.
88
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Rain is a quiet, disquieting triumph.

83
Portland Oregonian
Kim Morgan
Quiet, sexual, disturbing, often beautifully melancholic, Rain, as seen through the eyes of a precocious girl, recalls a parental split-up with sobering accuracy. It reminds us why so many teen-agers go through a sullen phase -- and sometimes never shake it off.
80
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
A character who triumphs over a clumsy story line is a very rare creature. It takes a smart director and a sensitive actor to bring him to life, and to keep him breathing all the way through.

75
Chicago Tribune
Mark Caro
What lingers are the unsettling feelings, inexplicably potent images and realization that some of life's key crossroads are visible only in the rearview mirror.

75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
Gorgeously evocative visually.

75
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
Movies about the dawning of female sexuality and its links to mother-daughter competition are tough to pull off, but Rain is a splendid example of how to get it right.
75
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
The cast of Rain is first-rate, especially Wierzbicki and Peirse, whose tense relationship is as loving as it is competitive.
75
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Jeffs is an unusually gifted director, but her screenplay (based on Kirsty Gunn's novel) never quite gets a firm grip or a fresh perspective on its coming-of-age subject matter.

75
New York Post
Megan Lehmann
Some of the visual flourishes are a little too obvious, but restrained and subtle storytelling, and fine performances make this delicate coming-of-age tale a treat.

70
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Adapted from Kirsty Gunn's acclaimed novel, New Zealand director Christine Jeff's debut feature is a small masterpiece of atmosphere.

70
LA Weekly
Manohla Dargis
Jeffs' meticulous framing nicely counterpoints all the messy turmoil, and her screenplay flows with the cadences of life -- its awkward eruptions and long, hurtful silences -- but she never pulls you deep enough into her characters.

60
New Times (L.A.)
Gregory Weinkauf
Heavy with mood and Finn's fine music, Jeffs' debut feature merely moistens us when we should be soaked. Maybe next time she'll let it all come down.
58
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
As it moves from the drizzly to the overly stormy, Rain freights a young girl's self-destructive eagerness to lose her virginity with so much danger and even horror that it's as if the events were trying to make up for the film's previous lack of drama.

50
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Scott Tobias
Rain lays so much portent on every scene that it becomes ungenerous and morally forbidding, as if each bummed cigarette or leisurely cocktail will lead the family that much closer to oblivion. In this case, the punishment is far greater than the crime.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann
Sexual curiosity is a very dangerous thing in Rain, a dazzling mood piece from New Zealand filmmaker Christine Jeffs.

30
Village Voice
Jessica Winter
The visual subtleties don't come to bear on the storytelling, unfortunately -- the dialogue is cumbersome, the simpering soundtrack and editing more so.


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