Fresh
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.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Overview
Two freethinking teenagers - a boy and a girl - confront with authoritarian teachers in their boarding schools. The other students treat this differently.
Director and cast
- John Duigan Director
- Noah Taylor as Danny Embling
- Thandiwe Newton as Thandiwe Adjewa
- Nicole Kidman as Nicola
- Bartholomew Rose as 'Gilby' Fryer
- Felix Nobis as Jock Blair
- Josh Picker as 'Backa' Bourke
- Kiri Paramore as 'Slag' Green
- Marc Aden Gray as Christopher Laidlaw
- Les Hill as Greg Gilmore
- Gregg Palmer Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Miles ahead of the average teen film, Flirting is a most agreeable sequel to John Duigan's earlier pic The Year My Voice Broke.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
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.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh
If Duigan maintains the dark yet humanistic humor that has graced both films, we should all be back for more.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
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.
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
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