Flirting Reviews
May 31, 2018
As played out by the witty but shy Taylor and the softly radiant Thandie Newton, the romance rises far above the routine "teenagers-in-love" movie.
August 8, 2012
An absolute gem, and a treat not to be missed.
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| Original Score: 4/5
August 8, 2012
An intelligently written and marvelously acted coming-of-age tale set in rural Australia in the 1960s.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
August 8, 2012
Truthful and compassionate.
August 8, 2012
Not only worthy of its fine predecessor, this tender, perceptive, and gorgeously acted memory piece may even surpass it in subtlety, feeling, and depth of characterization.
March 26, 2009
Miles ahead of the average teen film, Flirting is a most agreeable sequel to John Duigan's earlier pic The Year My Voice Broke.
June 21, 2007
Animation is used here clearly to allow the story to be told with a certain amount of distance, yet the constant shift in tone and introduction of video elements keeps the film intensely unsettling.
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| Original Score: A-
June 29, 2005
Original Score: 3/5
August 30, 2004
Mr. Duigan avoids melodrama, which is all to the good. Yet his gift for the acutely observed commonplace detail is neither strong nor original enough to transform the movie into something comparable to so many similar, better films.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
March 2, 2003
Original Score: 3/5
February 2, 2003
Original Score: 4/5
January 24, 2003
Original Score: 3/5
December 31, 2002
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| Original Score: 81/100
December 27, 2002
A truly memorable coming-of-age romance.
Original Score: 5/5
November 13, 2002
Original Score: 3/5
October 10, 2002
An offbeat charmer
Original Score: 4/5
September 18, 2002
Nowhere near as novel as The Year My Voice Broke....but still worthwhile
Original Score: 3/5
August 21, 2002
Puts on display director John Duigan's knack for conveying the universal anguish of adolescence
July 25, 2002
Surprisingly endearing and frequently funny.
Original Score: 3/5
January 1, 2000
The formulaic script finally had something to say toward the end.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4