Turn Me On, Dammit! (2012)
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Reviews Counted: 42
Fresh: 39 | Rotten: 3
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Average Rating: 7.3/10
Critic Reviews: 20
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 1
No consensus yet.
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15-year-old Alma (Helene Bergsholm) 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
Cast
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Helene Bergsholm
Alma -
Henriette Steenstrup
Alma's Mother -
Beate Stofring
Ingrid -
Lars Nordvedt Listau
Kjartan -
Jon Bleiklie Devik
Sebjřrn -
Julia Bache-Wiig
Maria -
Julia Schacht
Elisabeth -
Arthur Berning
Terje -
Hilde-Gunn Ommedal
Magda -
Ole Johan Skjelbred
Turnip Factor -
Finn Tokvam
Math Teacher -
Per Kjerstad Andersen
Stig (Sex Hotline) -
Olaug Nilssen
Sebjorn's Wife (Voice) -
Yngve Hustad Reite
Careful Guy at Supermar... -
Ronny Brede Aase
Truck Driver -
Platon
Bingo (Alma's Dog)
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All Critics (42) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (39) | Rotten (3)
The movie treats a girl's burgeoning sexuality as neither epic nor problematic, or mutually exclusive of feelings of love, but rather simply, refreshingly, as one part of maturing.
Top CriticTeenage boys aren't alone in exploring their confused and unruly libidos. Girls go there, too. And when they do, it's no small thing.
"Turn Me On, Dammit!" is a rarity: a comedy about a teenage girl's budding sexuality, treated with wit and kindness.
A wry if saucily subversive charmer, based on a novel by Olaug Nilssen.
For a genre dominated by American movies in which girls are usually prizes or objects of lust, Turn Me On, Dammit! practically feels revolutionary.
Turn Me On, Dammit! is that rare thing: an honest coming-of-age story from the female perspective.
Still, Jacobsen has created a lightly enjoyable quirky, witty comedy which isn't equivocal. It breezes by because of its charming affable script.
Director Jannicke Systad Jacobsen competently captures the awkwardness we all felt as teens and it's made that much more impressive considering the majority of her cast had never set foot in front of a camera before.
With a cast mainly of first-time movie actors, led by the endearing gamine Bergsholm, Jacobsen covers the familiar coming-of-age material from a fresh, engaging perspective.
True, the film deals with sex. But at heart, it's really about romance.
... a sweet, low-key film that observes the turmoil of adolescence from the knowing eye of adulthood...
[A]lmost shocking in how it depicts 15-year-old Alma's all-consuming confusion, anxiety, and sexual desperation: with a candid carnality the likes of which is de rigueur for the horny-boy subgenre...
There isn't much to [Alma's] story, but at 76 minutes, it breezes by as quickly as the changing of a teenager's moods.
If you're up for its frankness, it's a funny and tender coming-of-age tale.
Teenage Alma takes on all of the taboos of Western sexuality in this delightful coming-of-age fairytale.
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Super Reviewer
Aside from a great title, "Turn Me On, Dammit!" is a charming and winning movie that handles the sensitive topic of teen sexuality with humor and grace. The movie also pulls off the trickiness of Alma's fantasy life(not always heterosexual by the way), without thankfully trying to pull the rug out from the viewer. Of special notice is the film's maturity in subtly pointing out that it is okay for teens to think about sex, but please be patient when acting out on those desires with adulthood just around the corner. However, there is no age limit for saving the world, as Sara is proving with her cause. Even as the movie gets details of the downside of small town existence right, there is also enough beautiful scenery on hand that it could be inferred that Alma and her friends might be taking it all for granted.
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Foreign Titles
- Turn Me On, Dammit (Fa meg pa, for faen) (DE)
- Turn Me On, Dammit (Fa meg pa, for faen) (UK)
