Review of Somersault (2004) by Lucas S — 25 Jul 2010
Somersault is an australian independent movie directed by newcomer Cate Shortland and the movie that showed Abbie Cornish (Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Candy, Bright Star) to the world. The movie is a coming-of-age drama about Heidi(Cornish), that after a trouble with her mothers she go out of her home and try to live by herself.
What is the best thing about Independent films?
They don't need to follow formulaic plots to appeal for a larger audience, the director just tell the story the way he/she thinks it should be, not that all blockbusters suck or that all indie films are good, but they just have an unique charm.
It's also interesting to note that even if the plot looks very common it never gets dated, because it will always happen, nobody has to take such drastic atitudes, but everybody passes for those moments of insecurity and confusion, and Shortland make a great job in exploring the psychological of those characters, and of course... I have to say that Abbie Cornish performance is great, very natural and convincing, making her character even more interesting, with all her sexuality, Heidi still looks very inocent and doesn't know very well what she is doing.
I think this movie is very underrated, but I understand why, even though it looks better than other recent coming-of-age drama like An Education or My Summer Of Love for example. In the end, Somersault isn't one of those movies that I'd say "OMG! YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS" but still it's worth watching.
Final Rating: 8.1.
This review of Somersault (2004) was written by Lucas S on 25 Jul 2010.
Somersault has generally received positive reviews.
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