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Aaron Murphy, Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki, Alistair Browning, Marton Csokas, Sarah Peirse

While on a family vacation on the Mahurangi Peninsula in New Zealand, 13-year-old Janey begins to realize that her parents' marriage is on the rocks.

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R, 1 hr. 33 min.

Directed by: Christine Jeffs

Release Date: October 1, 2001

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DVD Release Date: May 8, 2007

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  • Camus123
    July 17, 2007
    Camus123
    This is a very tough movie. Tough characters, tough subject matter, tough to watch. I mean this in a good way. These people are very real with real problems and real attitudes. There is a raw nakedness about the film that makes it somehow tangible and sometimes uncomfortable. The... read more scenes are not painted nor rendered rather they are captured as they are?and they are not very pretty (save for some of the landscape). The cast are not a group of models (though the youngest boy is about as cute and wonderful an actor as they come). This movie will hit you as ?real.? The viewer is presented with a family; Husband, Wife, Daughter, Son. The Daughter appears to be the focal character, but as pivotal as she is each character is given ample time and thought. The problems that they deal with are very real. I don?t think this will be a spoiler to anyone, but in case you think it might be skip to the next paragraph. Be prepared to deal with a family on the brink of destruction, infidelity, addiction, purposelessness, coming unto teenage sexuality, and all of this combined to amount to tragedy. This film is a tragic drama that may leave you squirming a bit. I recommend this film to those who are comfortable looking at some of the more difficult things in life or who have experienced some of the same and wish to see an accurate portrayal?a film that empathizes with the pain that real life can bring.
  • brokenimage227
    May 28, 2007
    brokenimage227
    an unbelievably sad film with a heartbreakingly bittersweet atmosphere. Rain sits much in the same vein as Thirteen, though less the sense of cautionary tale and much more of a coming-of-age story. it's a downer, but one that leaves a palpable sense of beauty and substance

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Critic Reviews

Roger Moore
July 25, 2002
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

Treats a potentially explosive set-up with adult reflection and thoughtfulness.

Mark Caro
July 20, 2002
Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune

Far from the first female coming-of-age movie, but it's one of the most vivid. Full Review

Joe Baltake
July 9, 2002
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

Rain is so slight that it almost isn't there, but these performers deftly approximate the sensation of having a craving for someone. Full Review

Michael O'Sullivan
June 14, 2002
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

It is, like weather, what it is, neither good nor bad but something that feels as if it has the weight of the inevitable.

Edward Guthmann
May 31, 2002
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle

Jeffs creates a lush atmosphere of desire and approaching chaos, and delivers a bona fide shocker in the last reel. Full Review

Jane Sumner
May 30, 2002
Jane Sumner, Dallas Morning News

Ms. Fulford-Wierzbicki is almost spooky in her sulky, calculating Lolita turn. Full Review

Loren King
May 24, 2002
Loren King, Boston Globe

An affecting, troubling, dazzling film. Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
May 17, 2002
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

Freights a young girl's self-destructive eagerness to lose her virginity with so much danger and even horror that it's as if the events were trying to make up for the film's previous lack of drama. Full Review

Steven Rosen
May 17, 2002
Steven Rosen, Denver Post

A quietly reflective and melancholy New Zealand film about an eventful summer in a 13-year-old girl's life. Full Review

Steven Rea
May 9, 2002
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

A quiet, disquieting triumph.

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