Strange Fits of Passion (1999)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Elise McCredie

Writer:

Elise McCredie (written by)

Release Date:

18 May 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot Keywords:

First Sexual Experience | Gay Interest | Gay Kiss | Coming Of Age | Swimming Pool

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Michela Noonan	...	She
Mitchell Butel	...	Jimmy
Samuel Johnson	...	Josh
Steve Adams	...	Pablo
Anni Finsterer	...	Judy
Bojana Novakovic	...	Jaya
Rob Carlton	...	Blackson
Jack Finsterer	...	Francis
Nathan Page	...	Simon
Barry Dickins	...	Mr. Selditt
Jodie J. Hill	...	Penny
Luke Anderson	...	Lachlan
James Liotta	...	James
Howard Stanley	...	Jimmy's Father
Judith Roberts	...	Jimmy's Mother

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Warm-and-fuzzies

`She' (Noonan) is a self-obsessed twentysomething desperate to lose her virginity but unsure of why or how or to whom. A `curl-up-in-front-of-the-fire-with-a-cup-of-hot-chocolate-on-a-winter's-night' film for the 16-35 year old bracket: self-important, but identifiable, and it leaves you with those familiar warm fuzzies afterwards. Noonan does a terrific job, leading a cast of essentially unknowns (with the exception of Johnson, who would achieve international fame with his role in the acclaimed The Secret Life of Us, for a similar demographic) through a searching script that has nothing for action movie fans. The `she' character is written well – we can spot her flaws almost immediately, but, as with life, it is up to the individual to address them, and the way she goes about doing that provides us with angst-ridden, often cringe-able humour. Successful at film festivals, romantic will love it, but critics might find it to be a difficult sell.