Flirting

But this film is refreshingly original. Flirting is intelligent, witty, tender and beautifully understated. ... Full Review

This movie is joyous, wise and life-affirming, and certainly one of the year's best films. Flirting " came to me out of the blue, without advance notice, and I was deeply affected by it. ... Full Review

Both Taylor and Newton are marvelous in their roles, but the magic touch here is a special tone, a uniquely personal color, that only Duigan can contribute. This kind of emotional precision -- that is, this ability to make the subtlest psychological distinctions -- is a rare gift, and Duigan gets full mileage out of it, especially in the intimate scenes between these star-crossed teenage lovers. ... Full Review

N ormally, the phrase "charming movie" has me reaching for my broad sword. The movie is full of wonderful scenes: Newton caught hiding in a boys' toilet stall as the unsuspecting lads come in to shower, a line of uniformed boys ritualistically facing a row of ballroom-gowned girls at a school dance, and so on. ... Full Review

There should be a place for the small masterpiece and that's what John Duigan's flawless little film is. The script is intelligent, witty, literary. ... Full Review

Fred Schepisi directed the definitive portrait of Australian boarding school life with his 1974 debut The Devil's Playground. In more gentle style his fellow Aussie Duigan has tackled the subject with success in The Year My Voice Broke and this... ... Full Article

This film is the second installment in Australian writer-director John Duigan's (Romero) coming-of-age trilogy, continuing with the nonconformist, adolescent perspective of the protagonist from the first film (The Year My Voice Broke) -- Danny Embling (Taylor) -- this time as... ... Full Article