Flirting (1991)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

John Duigan

Writer:

John Duigan (written by)

Release Date:

14 November 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Here's to risks

Plot:

Danny has been sent to boarding school, in this sequal to The Year My Voice Broke. Against a backdrop...

Plot Keywords:

Boarding School | Understanding | Affection | Coming Of Age | Teen

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Noah Taylor	...	Danny Embling
Thandie Newton	...	Thandiwe Adjewa
Nicole Kidman	...	Nicola
Bartholomew Rose	...	'Gilby' Fryer
Felix Nobis	...	Jock Blair
Josh Picker	...	'Backa' Bourke
Kiri Paramore	...	'Slag' Green
Marc Aden	...	Christopher Laidlaw (as Marc Gray)
Gregg Palmer	...	Colin Proudfoot
Joshua Marshall	...	'Cheddar' Fedderson
David Wieland	...	'Possum' Piper
Craig Black	...	'Pup' Pierdon
Les Hill	...	Greg Gilmore (as Leslie Hill)
Jeff Truman	...	Mr. Morris Cutts
Marshall Napier	...	Mr. Rupert Elloitt

MPAA:

Rated R for scenes of teen sexuality.

Runtime:

99 min | Argentina:110 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:L | UK:12 | UK:15 (video rating) | Australia:PG | USA:R | Argentina:13 | Canada:A (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Kennedy Miller Productions

Trivia:

Thandie Newton's first film role, co-starring here with Nicole Kidman; she later co-starred with Kidman's ex, Tom Cruise, in Mission: Impossible II (2000).

Quotes:

Nicola Radcliffe: So what did you actually do together?
Thandiwe Adjewa: I beg your pardon?
Nicola Radcliffe: No, it's all right. You don't have to tell me. I think... if I liked somebody enough... I'd want to...
Thandiwe Adjewa: Have you ever?
Nicola Radcliffe: Of course not.
Thandiwe Adjewa: Almost?
Nicola Radcliffe: Well... Do you remember the young guy who was fixing the bell tower? I used to take him a cup of tea each morning before assembly. I rather liked him even though he never said anything much. I used to... close my eyes... and sit on a chair... and let him touch me all over...
[...]

Movie Connections:

Follows The Year My Voice Broke (1987)

Soundtrack:

Little Egypt

Truly Romantic

The only reason I even watched this movie (at first) is because there was nothing else on tv, and I saw from the commercial that Nicole Kidman was in it. I'd seen Noah Taylor in the Tomb Raider movie and loved his dorky, scatterbrained performance. So I sat down and watched it. I was amazed. This movie is GREAT for a romantic person. The difficulty of the situation in Africa, combined with sad romance, repression, and brutality was enough to make me feel the emptiness that comes with the longing for true love that every girl and boy feels at one point or another. I rented the movie on video, and was surprised to find that very little was cut out; just a few slightly racier moments, and a foul word or two, plus one scene at the end was double-shot to have Thandie Newton in a bra and panties rather than naked. Rent it and watch if you're a longing romantic, or if you want to be one. Ah, love is such exquisite pain.