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starring: Noah Taylor, Thandie Newton, Nicole Kidman, Bartholomew Rose, Felix Nobisdirected by: John Duigan
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302725797
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, EP, NTSC
ISBN: 6302725798
Label: Vidmark / Trimark
Manufacturer: Vidmark / Trimark
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Vidmark / Trimark
Release Date: June 20, 1997
Running Time: 99 minutes
Sales Rank: 20961
Studio: Vidmark / Trimark
Theatrical Release Date: November 14, 1992
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Amazon.com essential video:
The second part of a projected trilogy by Australian director John Duigan (the preceding film was The Year My Voice Broke), Flirting is a wonderful tale of misfit adolescents who find their independence through a forbidden, interracial relationship. Noah Taylor returns to Duigan's ongoing story as Danny, a gangly stutterer with a wry wit, few friends, and a big crush on Thandiwe (Thandie Newton), a Ugandan student whose father is in some political danger back home. Danny goes to a boys academy and Thandiwe boards at a girls school nearby. The two meet secretly and deepen their doomed affair, exploring adulthood for the first time on their own terms. Duigan is a director who can occasionally be seduced by the surface of things, but Flirting is richly layered in tones both light and ominous, youthful performances that easily alternate between childhood buoyancy and grown-up passion, and a hard-won wisdom about the mysteries of loss. An added bonus is a terrific supporting performance by Nicole Kidman. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Aussie 'Coming of Age' Classic Showcases Future Stars...
"Flirting", John Duigan's sly yet tender 1991 'Coming of Age' comedy is still, a decade and a half after it's release, one of the better teen comedies ever made, and is even more enjoyable today, as a showcase for future stars Nicole Kidman, Thandie Newton, Naomi Watts, and Noah Taylor.
While the elements of the story are familiar (boys and girls boarding schools, separated by a lake...raging hormones...a geeky hero 'proving' himself, romantically), don't be too quick to lump "Flirting" ... Read More
Rating:  - completely worth watching, but not great.
I really liked this movie, but it was.....there was just something missing. Thandie Newton was great and I like her acting style. Nicole Kidman was really awesome.
Rating:  - It must be ...
I'm not sure why many reviewers are calling this a coming of age film. They are already very much of age, perhaps even into mid-life before reaching university. Although hers much more than his, their maturity shows in their adult mannerisms and how they don't get defensive in dealing with others. Danny is even aware of his woundedness when he declares, in reference to being scapegoated and how this helps others to feel better about themselves, "No one realized what a great community service I was playing ... Read More
Rating: - Superb coming-of-age film
Despite the cover art on the DVD case, this excellent film doesn't star Nicole Kidman, although she does give a fine supporting performance -- no, the story belongs to Noah Taylor & Thandie Newton, as the two misfits at two boarding schools in the mid-1960s. And it's a lovely, very funny, poignant story of two similar souls finding one another, and experiencing the joys of first love together. Unlike too many American "teen films," it approaches sex with wonder, bemusement, a touch of uncertainty & and ... Read More
Rating: - Reviews do not do justice
I rated this movie 5 stars, but like Alp d'Huez in the Tour de France, this is "beyond category". This feels and sounds like real life. Don't think cinema ever gets any closer to matching a really good book than this movie manages. I don't know if any of this is autobiographical, but it sure feels like it. Actors only give performances this incredible when the script they are working with is extra special, and this script qualifies on all levels. Can't say enough about the performances of the leads, Noah Taylor ... Read More
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