Wall

Watched in Film Theory today....and just wow. It's plain old bizareness, yet familiarity and awkwardness yet normality is just spot on. Nothing to complain about here. Great intro video to Semiotics and all that jazz..

DK

6Jun11

Better than quirky. A real dreamy masterpiece of nervousness and desire. Campion's best in some ways because it's genuinely neurotic (as opposed to Holy Smoke and In the Cut, which put on airs). Very droll but sumptuous too. Arid suburbia mottled by real touches of beauty and tenderness.

Adrian Mendoza

3Jun11

i swear tommy wiseau must have written the script

skiptracer

20Jul11

you're a dick.
Adrian Mendoza

21Jul11

whatever

Border Radio

31Jan11

Solid debut. Love the scewed angle shots.

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Rossoneri Ultra

3Oct10

This was insane. Hahaha!!!

Nikyatu

26Aug10

I was captivated with the characters and the world Jane Campion managed to create in this film, until the gravely disappointing ending that couldn't be saved by compelling acting. No one thought that was problematic at the screenwriting level? Despite that, all in a ll an interesting and beautifully shot/framed film.

pickpocket

26Jan10

You've gotta love Gordon (the father).

Mugino

11Oct09

Campion is very good at capturing the beauty within the ugly, awkward, messiness of people's lives. "Sweetie" is lovely to look at and Campion's perspectives on the everyday are unique. The acting is earthy and completely believable. Yet there is something tiresome about the story, which has nothing new to say about family dysfunctions.

Sun

19Sep09

Here's a realm full of loonies, enthralled and effected by the looniest of them all.

gnargnar

9Sep09

why does it have the still from Sweet Movie? ....strange

Jonuk Who

4Sep09

The thing that strikes me the most of this film is its unsettling and beautiful images. I personally don't think all the ideas congeal together, there are a few loose spots. However well worth renting or seeing once, and a perfect introduction to Jane Campion's eye for psychological and sexual complexity and not to mention attention for detail.

Stephen

7Dec08

I really enjoyed this one. It was hysterical and heart breaking. The acting might not be the best, but it all seems to fit into this oddball film. Sweetie and Kay's relationship is one of the most interesting on film. Definitely worth seeing.

Phil Worfel

6Dec08

Wonderful. Truly quirky in the best possible sense and funny as hell. Hooked from the beginning right through to the exquisite and inevitable ending. The cinematography and mise-en-scene are breathtaking and the direction makes me want to investigate Campion further. Knockout performances all around with no false notes whatsoever. Highly recommended!

William Carlino

6Dec08

We love to create our own monsters, get them under our own skin, scratch the itch, then wonder where it came from...oops.

bottomboy

6Dec08

DAMN YOU, CRITERION! you had me hooked with this off-kilter tale of sisterhood and devotion...and what do you do? you get me with that ending and have me crying like a baby! you are sadistic in your ways of opening our eyes to world cinema! ^_^ definitely on my Must-Buy list!