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Australian filmmaker John Duigan followed up his captivating The Year My Voice Broke with Flirting. Noah Taylor repeats his "Danny" characterization from the earlier film, while Thandie Newton plays a... read more read more... Ugandan exchange student who attends an Australian girls boarding school. Billeted at a nearby boy's school, Danny finds himself falling in love with Newton, though he is frequently at a loss as to how to express himself. Flirting is the second in a proposed trilogy of John Duigan-directed films revolving around Danny's "awkward" years. Featured in the cast as one of Newton's schoolmates is Nicole Kidman. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: John Duigan

Release Date: June 1, 1990

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DVD Release Date: September 17, 2002

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  • fb100002359227440
    June 26, 2011
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    Charming and entertaining, Flirting, have a captivating script, acting and a good direction that make the audience watch Duigan's movie from the beginning to his end. Fresh.
  • jennifxu
    May 1, 2011
    jennifxu
    I didn't really get it. I didn't feel the adolescent pains.
  • deano
    January 31, 2007
    deano
    Sensitive teen drama at Sydney boarding school and Nicole Kidman is perfectly as a 16-year-old snooty school prefect (she was 24 years old when that movie was filmed).
  • toejambaseball24
    April 30, 2012
    toejambaseball24
    Wow, this was a really great coming-of-age story that has all the elements that you would want from this type of movie. I've seen Noah Taylor here and there (I think I remember him from the Willy Wonka remake with Johnny Depp), but I had no idea that he had this type of talent. A... read more realy great, heartwarming movie about love, and growing up. I think I might love this movie a little bit.
  • thirdway821
    October 19, 2011
    thirdway821
    This is a great film. Cried my eyes out. Thandie Newton is great I really admired her character. The same goes for Noah Taylor, Nicole Kidman. Real romance at it's finest.
  • LittleMissBloodAndGuts
    May 31, 2011
    LittleMissBloodAndGuts
    Funny and touching, this is the most credible story I have seen about girls trapped in boarding school, While it's one of those awful Catholic schools, which is not something in my experience, the personalities depicted in this film come closest to reminding me of my own experien... read moreces.

    After a tremendous build--up of sexual anticipation however, both for the two central characters, and vicariously, for the viewer, the way the second girl loses her cherry in the end is sordid, cheap and anti-anticlimactical. While it might be realistic for some girls, it wasn't believable that she would have chosen to do it this way given all that it meant to her.
  • brndelacruz
    July 30, 2007
    brndelacruz
    i remember seeing this movie several years ago and declaring it as one of my favorite movies, and it still is.

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Critic Reviews

Jon Niccum
December 27, 2002
Jon Niccum, Lawrence Journal-World

A truly memorable coming-of-age romance.

James Sanford
October 10, 2002
James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette

An offbeat charmer

Clint Morris
September 18, 2002
Clint Morris, Moviehole

Nowhere near as novel as The Year My Voice Broke....but still worthwhile

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
August 21, 2002
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

Puts on display director John Duigan's knack for conveying the universal anguish of adolescence Full Review

Scott Weinberg
July 25, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

Surprisingly endearing and frequently funny.

March 26, 2009
Variety

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Vincent Canby
August 30, 2004
Vincent Canby, New York Times

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Desson Thomson
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

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Hal Hinson
January 1, 2000
Hal Hinson, Washington Post

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Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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