Review of Age of Consent (1969) by Joel A — 22 Sep 2011
Director Michael Powell's last film is an interesting take on the older man/younger woman dynamic as James Mason portrays a painter trying to escape to a deserted island in Australian's Great Barrier Reef to find inspiration.
Inspiration comes in the form of Helen Mirren, in her first film performance, as a young girl who befriends him and becomes his muse & model. (In what would become a stereotype for her, Mirren is often nude.
) Film often threatens to veer into seriousness and danger for the characters but sidesteps it. In the end it's a rather lightweight film with some beautiful location and underwater photography and a wonderful score by composer Peter Sculthorpe (which was thrown out by Columbia Pictures and replaced by one by Stanley Myers.
) Restoration of the film rescued the director's original intention for the film and now preserved on DVD.
This review of Age of Consent (1969) was written by Joel A on 22 Sep 2011.
Age of Consent has generally received mixed reviews.
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