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Babyteeth

2019

Shannon Murphy

Eliza Scanlen, Toby Wallace, Ben Mendelsohn, Essie Davis ...

6.2

1,108

Drama. Romance When seriously ill teenager Milla falls madly in love with smalltime drug dealer Moses, it's her parents' worst nightmare. But as Milla's first brush with love brings her a new lust for life, things get messy and traditional morals go out the window. Milla soon shows everyone in her orbit - her parents, Moses, a sensitive music teacher, a budding child violinist, and a disarmingly honest pregnant neighbour - how to live like you have ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"A wickedly perverse and, in time, intensely moving variation on familiar coming-of-age themes"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A film with shades of Jane Campion (...) despite a handful of shaky moments (...) Shannon Murphy’s primal and surefooted debut never falls into either mawkishness or sadism"	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"The movie (...) works best when the director gets out of her own way, forgetting her aversion to clean, conventional narrative and giving the material breathing space to resonate"	POS
United Kingdom	Lee Marshall Screendaily	"'Babyteeth' is a funny, affecting group portrait, a comedy-tinged family drama (...) a small, irreverent feelgood film"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"'Babyteeth' is such a fragile, earnest and inoffensive thing that I almost feel bad for not liking it more (...) The movie has texture but no depth, tears but no snot"	NEU
United States	Sheila O'Malley rogerebert.com	"Babyteeth avoids almost every cliche you might expect in this kind of material. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Alex Billington First Showing	"A sweet, heartfelt, smart tale of young first love (...) It's not exactly anything groundbreaking, but the way it's presented is so compelling and all the characters are wonderfully complex."	POS
United States	Ben Croll The Wrap	"Like its bewigged main character, 'Babyteeth' tries on a number of looks over its two-hour runtime. Some fit better than others, and if the film eventually settles on that which works best, it takes some time to get there"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Well acted, heartfelt, beautifully filmed (...) A film with real sensitivity (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Christina Newland Empire	"A refreshing take on a familiar subgenre, offering a nuanced depiction of a family dealing with the worst-case scenario with humanity and sweetness (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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