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- 2002
- TV-MA
- Fireworks Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
- 2002
- TV-MA
- Fireworks Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
Summary A chronicle of the sexual and moral awakening of a thirteen-year-old girl as her family disintegrates around her.
Directed By: Christine Jeffs
Written By: Kirsty Gunn, Christine Jeffs
- 2002
- TV-MA
- Fireworks Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
- 2002
- TV-MA
- Fireworks Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
Rain
71
3.8
Summary A chronicle of the sexual and moral awakening of a thirteen-year-old girl as her family disintegrates around her.
Directed By: Christine Jeffs
Written By: Kirsty Gunn, Christine Jeffs
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
71
76% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
19% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
71
76% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
19% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Affecting, troubling, dazzling film.
The visual beauty of the film, rather than distracting from the troubling story, makes it more troubling still.
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.
The cast of Rain is first-rate, especially Wierzbicki and Peirse, whose tense relationship is as loving as it is competitive.
Gorgeously evocative visually.
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.
The visual subtleties don't come to bear on the storytelling, unfortunately -- the dialogue is cumbersome, the simpering soundtrack and editing more so.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
3.8
20% Positive
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1 Rating
40% Mixed
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40% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
3.8
20% Positive
1 Rating
1 Rating
40% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
40% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
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Production Company
Communicado Productions,
New Zealand Film Commission,
Rain Film Productions,
Rose Road
Release Date Apr 26, 2002
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating TV-MA
Tagline A 13-year-old girl decides to grow up too quickly, without realising the consequences.
Awards
New Zealand Film and TV Awards (I)
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Chlotrudis Awards
• 2 Nominations
Fantasporto
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
