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  • Summary: 15-year-old Alma is consumed by her out-of-control hormones and fantasies that range from sweetly romantic images of Artur, the boyfriend she yearns for, to down-and-dirty daydreams about practically everybody she lays eyes on. Alma and her best friend Sara live in an insufferably boring little town in the hinterlands of Norway called Skoddeheimen, a place they loathe so much that every time their school bus passes the sign that names it, they routinely flip it off. After Alma has a stimulating yet awkward encounter with Artur, she makes the mistake of telling her incredulous friends, who ostracize her at school, until even Sara can’t be seen with her. (New Yorker Films)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 12 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 14
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  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    Mar 29, 2012
    90
    With its soft, bleached images and occasional detours into black-and-white stills, Turn Me On, set in an unspecified recent past, has a gentle oddness as unforced as its performances and as inoffensive as its dialogue.
  2. Movieline
    Reviewed by: Alison Willmore
    Mar 29, 2012
    85
    The way salty-sweet comedy Turn Me On, Dammit! treats the hormone-addled turmoil of its 15-year-old heroine Alma feels something close to revolutionary. I don't want to overburden this mild-mannered 76-minute Norwegian debut, but it's true.
  3. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Matt Singer
    Mar 27, 2012
    60
    There's plenty here to recommend; so what if its explicitness and femcentric sexuality turn off some prudish viewers, dammit!

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  1. filmtrashreview
    9
    Fresh and original, Turn Me On, Dammit! is a great dark comedy from the foreign market. This Norwegian teen drama focuses on all the struggles we go through during hormonal changes but are to afraid to discuss. It's raw riveting and just perfectly written. Alma will stay with me throughout the rest of the year, she's a character that is just hard to forget.… Expand
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