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- 2023
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- 1 h 40 m
- 2023
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- 1 h 40 m
Summary Set in the summer of 1999, an 17-year-old Serbian born, Australian amateur ballroom dancer experiences an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend’s older brother.
Directed By: Goran Stolevski
Written By: Goran Stolevski
- 2023
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 40 m
- 2023
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 40 m
Of an Age
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6.4
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Summary Set in the summer of 1999, an 17-year-old Serbian born, Australian amateur ballroom dancer experiences an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend’s older brother.
Directed By: Goran Stolevski
Written By: Goran Stolevski
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
69
78% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
22% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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Impeccably written and beautifully performed by Anton and Green, Of an Age is a profoundly moving film about the beauty and the horror of what it means to be seen for the first time, to love for the first time, and how the past and future are constantly informing each other.
This is a sweeping, lived-in romance that is as resonant as it is precise.
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Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
6.4
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
6.4
60% Positive
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Nenhum romance que resista ao tempo vai ser visto sem que a trilogia do Richard Linklater (antes do amanhecer, antes do por do sol, antes da meia noite) seja evocada. Há um diferencial aqui por retratar um romance ****, mas além disso o que sobra?
O maior defeito do filme é por os rapazes no piloto automático do script. Veja, enquanto um deles esbanja sedução e segurança e o outro ainda fechado em sua possibilidade de viver a sexualidade plenamente, eles vão convivendo dentro do carro até que o mais fechado deles descobre que o outro é assumidamente ****. Algum problema aqui? Não, óbvio. O problema é que o roteiro sabe que este é um ponto de inflexão e a partir daí faz questão de remodelar as falas deles, o que é um erro. Não sei o que aconteceu a partir daqui, mas tudo ficou muito travado para ambos.
Uma coisa que também me incomodou é o retrato de personagens femininas, soando por vezes meio misógino, mas ao menos elas não têm muito destaque aqui, mesmo a irmã de um deles, com papel importante, é posta de lado, e olha que isso aqui é um elogio, pois o roteiro estava tornando-a chata demais, afastá-la foi a decisão mais correta.
Os anos passam no filme, eles reaparecem com visual diferente, tudo é muito bem feitinho para um filme B. Uma pena que os dois juntos não tem aquela química incrível que faça tudo resistir ao tempo. Novamente é o peso da conveniência do roteiro que dá o tom aqui.
Ainda bem que é um filme tipicamente do século XXI e sem o maneirismo da geração tik tok, ou seja, aborda a sexualidade sem cometer abusos linguísticos ou se deixar levar pelos bordões atuais, sendo assim, a decisão mais acertada, sem dúvidas, foi fazer o filme se passar em 1999 e depois em 2010, o que salvou o filme da visão limitada do presente, conferindo-lhe certa sobrevida.
Ainda assim, parece que falta alguma coisa, uma magia, algo que justifique torcer para o casal, além dos seus belos corpos padrão.
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While the film’s ending feels a bit abrupt and cheesy, Of an Age boasts phenomenal performances and a salient (if somber) central truth.
Of an Age successfully captures the fear that the object of one’s queer affection may be straight and unwilling to reciprocate.
Missed opportunity and bad timing inform the romantic interlude in Of an Age in a way many of us have experienced at least once.
Stolevski’s over-reliance on close-ups gives us detailed maps of each man’s dermatology, but tends to wash away the extra impact we’d feel about bigger moments of connection.
To be fair, both Anton and Green do a fair job of giving Kol and Adam believability. But do we really need another tragic period gay love story? How about yes, but do it better.
After the very enjoyable, dialogue-driven first act, the film arrives at "average arthouse drama" territory. Because apparently most arthouse dramas these days need some long and silent scenes, close-ups that overstay their welcomes, and the camera drifting out of focus then quickly back in focus again.
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A Serbian born Austrailian (Elias Anton) is in a panic because his ballroom dance partner woke up to find herself stranded. When he enlists her brother (Thom Green) for help, the vibes between the 2 men is instantly unmistakable. The majority of the narrative is spent with this duo in a car talking. Director Goran Stolevskil, whose 1st feature was You Won't Be Alone (my review), has chosen a very different subject and style for this one. Almost the entire movie is shot in close-ups, putting the focus on the faces. Fortunately, this approach works because the 2 men are constantly compelling in the range of emotions they experience. Even though they're in a car, the scenes still feel intimate. The film is full of earnest romantic yearning, thanks primarily to the 2 performances.
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“Of An Age” is the story of a burgeoning relationship between two men, but it’s not an in-your-face political statement about **** relationships. In fact, because of the film’s intense focus on that moment of total infatuation where only two people exist in the world, gender is almost incidental.Macedonian-born Aussie Writer/Director Goren Stolevski’s second film centers on a single day in 1999 when Adam (Thom Green) and Kol (Elias Anton) meet. Kol receives a frantic call from his ballroom dance partner Ebony. She’s slept off the consequences of a long night on an unknown beach. The only way Kol can retrieve her and make the Dance Finals is to beg Ebony’s brother, Adam, for a ride. While traveling in a car together, Kol and Adam start with banter and a tentative discussion of literature and philosophy. But the conversation and the sense of connection quickly turn into something much deeper.Adam and Kol are both charismatic and appealing. Anton is an awkward seventeen, enthralled by the mature man who’s at least four years older and much more worldly-wise. While Kol is still struggling with defining himself in a conservative household of Macedonian emigrants, Adam seems to have it all figured out. In fact, Adam is leaving the next day to begin his graduate studies in South America. So theirs is a relationship killed by circumstance before it can ever develop.A brief Act Two reintroduces the two characters in 2010 at Ebony’s wedding. It’s a powerful postscript to their earlier encounter. While incidentally noting that the world has changed dramatically in the intervening eleven years, there’s a painful **** shared by Kol and Adam that’s simply heartbreaking.Cinematographer Matthew Chuang (“Blue Bayou”) uses an in-your-face camera technique that inserts us into the thoughts and feelings of these appealing characters. At times, however, the sense of intimacy and immediacy feels almost claustrophobic.What’s missing here is actual character development. While the sense of connection between Adam and Kol is extremely powerful, the story suffers because they are such obvious stereotypes. Adam is older, wiser and more jaded. In many ways, we understand Kol solely in terms of his confusion, awkwardness and naiveté. This reduces the emotional impact of the film, though only **** the end of the day, this is a film with universal appeal. Everyone will recognize the tension, exhilaration and obsession of first love. Some will leave the theater grieving that they did not end up with the love of their lives. The rest of us will walk away with an even deeper appreciation for what we have.
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Awards
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 5 Nominations
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
• 3 Nominations
CinefestOz
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
