Somersault

Name: Somersault
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: April 21, 2006
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Abbie Cornish, Lynette Curran, Sam Worthington

2006

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: April 21, 2006 | Not Rated

Starring: Abbie Cornish, Lynette Curran, Sam Worthington

Summary: An erotic, lyrical depiction of a young girl's sexual awakening, Somersault is a breakthrough debut for both its director and its star. [Magnolia Pictures]

Director: Cate Shortland

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 106 min

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TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

Cornish's raw, nuanced performance and Shortland's sympathetic but unsentimental portrayal of Heidi's fumbling steps toward maturity are underscored by Sydney-based band Decoder Ring's catchy, angst-ridden score. Read full review

Carina Chocano

Dreamy and creepy, tender and terrifying, Somersault is a frank and visceral film that at the same time exudes an unexpected innocence. Read full review

Duane Byrge

With Somersault, filmmaker Cate Shortland has expertly served up a vivid and touching tale, one told many times before, but in this well-realized mounting, one that sparkles with fresh awareness. Read full review

Ty Burr

The movie has more style than depth and it's sometimes in danger of confusing the two. Read full review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

The character can be a dolt, but Cornish is a marvel, exuding a reckless hunger and prowling with a sexuality of potent directness. Read full review

Russell Edwards

Sexual compulsion accelerates adolescent angst in the arty Down Under drama, but while Shortland shows a notable eye for detail, her distracted approach to narrative and an attitude to her characters that's cold as the movie's snowfields make pic most likely to be embraced by serious-minded fest auds. Read full review

Premiere Jessica Letkemann

Director Shortland frames the story against the apt grey, off-season ski town, but her attempt to match it with deliberate pacing just makes the film feel chilly and too long, just like Heidi's depressing routine. Read full review

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PallaviK.

Jun 19, 2006

Visually so powerful. Very moving. Just so.... lovely.

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KenG.

May 7, 2006

The interesting thing about this very well acted movie is that though it is all under-played (nothing over the top about it) is that it is carried off so well, that the culmative effect of everything that happens is still sad, and quietly powerful.

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ChadS.

Aug 21, 2006

Heidi(Abbie Cornish) does slutty things, but she doesn't come off as being a slut. Heidil is carnivorous, and yet she projects a vulnerability that prevents the audience from turning on her. Even when the girl is at her sluttiest, or to put it more kindly, when Heidi is at the apex of Heidi(Abbie Cornish) does slutty things, but she doesn't come off as being a slut. Heidil is carnivorous, and yet she projects a vulnerability that prevents the audience from turning on her. Even when the girl is at her sluttiest, or to put it more kindly, when Heidi is at the apex of her self-debasement, the potential eroticism of drug-addled promiscuity is neutralized by our recognition that this sex-bomb is largely unformed and hurting. "Sommersault" is like a cross between "Lolita" and "Ruby in Paradise". It's marred somewhat by an overabundance of nudity, and the filmmaker's insistence that Joe(Sam Worthington) is a figure compelling enough that warrants a breakaway from Heidi's narrative.… Expand

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