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Lost and Delirious (2001)

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Reviews Counted: 58 Fresh: 29  Rotten:29 Average Rating: 5.4/10
 
Consensus: Lost and Delirious becomes exactly that, as the film sinks into overwrought melodrama and cliched, obvious symbolism.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Theatrical Release: Jul 6, 2001 Limited

Synopsis: A hauntingly evoked tale of three adolescent girls' first loves, discovery of sexual passion, and search for identity, Lost and Delirious is the first work filmed in English by acclaimed Quebecois director Lea Pool (Emporte-moi). From a brilliant adaptation of Susan Swan's novel, The... A hauntingly evoked tale of three adolescent girls' first loves, discovery of sexual passion, and search for identity, Lost and Delirious is the first work filmed in English by acclaimed Quebecois director Lea Pool (Emporte-moi). From a brilliant adaptation of Susan Swan's novel, The Wives of Bath, by Toronto screenwriter Judith Thompson, the film features a knockout cast with Piper Perabo (Coyote Ugly) as Paula, Jessica Paré (Stardom) as Tori, and Misha Barton (The Sixth Sense) as Mary, who goes by "Mouse." All in their teens or early twenties, the actors give powerful, improvisatory, emotionally sensitive performances. Set in a posh, private boarding school surrounded by luxuriant, green forest, Lost and Delirious moves swiftly from academic routine, homesickness, and girlish silliness to the darker regions of lovers' intrigue: Paula and Tori are discovered; Mouse becomes their confessor and accomplice and the unstoppable emotions of adolescence collide with the immovable conventions of society as she is torn between loyalty to her two friends. In Lost and Delirious, the theatricality of overwrought teenage emotion finds its counterpart in the artful use of Shakespearean drama, from poetic declaration of love, loss, and defiance, to symbols of falconry and fencing. This Gothic tale of love's blooming, its innocent ecstasy, and ultimate obsessions is a tour de force. -- © 2001 Lions Gate Films [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Mischa Barton, Jessica Pare, Piper Perabo, Jackie Burroughs, Graham Greene

Director: Lea Pool
Screenwriter: Judith Thompson
Producer: Lorraine Richard, Greg Dummett
Composer: Yves Chamberland

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Dec 11, 2001

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During the long sit, we get symbolism lobbed into our laps like a large you-go-girlfriend beach ball.

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03/11/08
Rob Gonsalves
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09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
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Pool convierte el inerte celuloide en un pedazo vivo de realidad humana. Una película que navega de lo frágil a lo tosco y de vuelta.

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06/08/02
Luis Martinez
Cinenganos
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A teen-lesbian Phenomenon without the maggots and psychotic chimp.

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05/09/02
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
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Way too little, too late.

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12/30/01
Christopher Null
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Rarely has a filmmaker captured the essence of those moments between adolescence and adulthood with the skill and sensitivity Pool does.

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12/21/01
Ted Murphy
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12/10/01
Susan Stark
Detroit News
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Shakespearean drama as penned by a love-struck pubescent girl.

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10/04/01
Laura Kelly
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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Well-intentioned but curiously out-of-date...far too earnest for its own good.

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08/28/01
Frank Swietek
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Their characters may feel lost, but Ms. Perabo and Ms. Paré rank among the finds of the year.

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Chris Vognar
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Perabo is a revelation, wild and fiery.

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08/20/01
Jim Lane
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This movie goes so far in the opposite direction of most films about teenagers that it might anger some viewers with its no-holds-barred honesty.

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Joe Baltake
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Less than an overwhelming success, but it’s still touching and troubling, and amounts to much more than the average portrayal of teen angst.

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Brian Webster
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Jason Anderson
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Overly concerned with not offending its audience.

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08/02/01
Cynthia Fuchs
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It takes place at a girls' school whose students are discovering love for the first time, so the unguarded, adolescent ripeness of their emotions feels right to me.

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08/02/01
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
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