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Somersault
Directed by
Cate Shortland
Not Rated
2004
1h 45m
Drama
,
Romance
6.7
84%
72%
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A young girl flees her hometown and arrives in the Australian Alps, where new experiences help her learn the differences between sex and love.
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Cast of Somersault
Abbie Cornish
Heidi
Sam Worthington
Joe
Lynette Curran
Irene
Erik Thomson
Richard
Nathaniel Dean
Stuart
Diana Glenn
Sally
Olivia Pigeot
Nicole
Damian de Montemas
Adam
Ben Tate
Sean
Hollie Andrew
Bianca
Leah Purcell
Diane
Toby Schmitz
John
Henry Nixon
Nick
Justin Martin
Guy
Paul Gleeson
Roy
Anne-Louise Lambert
Martha
Caroline Lowe
Waitress
Erica Englert
Rachel
Stephanie Overs
Clare
Alex Babic
Brian the barman
Elizabeth Muntar
Ticket Vendor
Cate Shortland
Director / Writer
Amanda Higgs
Writer
Denise Morgan
Writer
Anthony Anderson
Producer
Somersault Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
This beautifully understated feature (2004) revolves around sex, but it's neither erotic nor puritanical; its young characters are governed by their urges, but the experience itself seems as neutral and mysterious as sleep.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
Generous and authentic.
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
It is pretty, and it stays just left of the dial of darlingness, and Cornish's is the most goddamn, gosh-wow debut I've seen in years.
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
[Cornish] creates a character who pulls us in and makes us recoil all at once.
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
Heartfelt, painful, exhilarating and, above all, truthful.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
My impression remained this time around of an unfinished screenplay in which too many intervals of small talk masqueraded as the forerunners of emotional events that never materialized.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Steve Murray
Heavy on atmosphere but very light on plot.
Seattle Times
Tom Keogh
Shortland's payoff is good and redolent of wisdom. But getting there is like sitting in a waiting room with stale magazines.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Shortland balances showing Heidi as a heartbreaking mess -- doing a jailbait dance here, impulsively swallowing a mouthful of chili peppers there -- and judging her for it.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Reflects surprisingly assured filmmaking sensibilities, especially when it comes to portraying the foibles and preoccupations of young women at loose ends.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
A small film, done with limited resources, but it's impressive -- and so is Cornish.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Cornish is a marvel...
New York Times
Stephen Holden
Somersault is a movie about the looks on people's faces and the disparity between the surface and the roiling chaos beneath.
Newsday
Gene Seymour
Director Cate Shortland's first film is as remote, sullen and mercurial as her protagonist.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Somersault, the feature debut of Aussie writer-director Cate Shortland, showcases a brilliantly realistic performance by Abbie Cornish as Heidi.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Shortland's script takes some unnecessary turns, mostly with Joe's drinking and sexual insecurities. But as long as it's focused on Heidi's predicament, it is riveting drama.
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano
A frank and visceral film that at the same time exudes an unexpected innocence.
AV Club
Scott Tobias
The film occasionally succumbs to preciousness, but Cornish makes for an unusually complicated Lolita, as if her hormones were waging war with her heart.
Variety
Russell Edwards
Shortland appears to have a great fascination with objects like pine needles and gas jets, but the pic's visual flourishes tend to be distracting in their restless artiness.
Village Voice
Melissa Levine
Somersault's dreamy, sexy, rather chilly style captures Heidi's attempt to escape her past, to build something new atop the rubble of what came before, and ultimately to hide it.
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