Review of Sweetie (1989) by Rock Y — 16 Jul 2007

Another fun Campion film.. very quirky and disturbing.

This review of Sweetie (1989) was written by Rock Y on 16 Jul 2007.

Sweetie has generally received positive reviews.

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By Jay Carr (837) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 26 Jan 2006

Cruelly honest and pitilessly funny, Sweetie is one of the nakedest explorations of familial love and desperation ever filmed…

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By Richard M (1,299) on 10 Nov 2007

This is my FAVORITE Campion film. I spent the entire film wanting to strangle this woman, and then I am appeased at the end…

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By Anthony S (1,574) on 15 Dec 2007

Strange, confusing, sad, and rather disturbing with moments of tenderness and humor…

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By Emmelle I (11) on 22 Jul 2007

Awfully pretentious for a directorial debut. The story is a grab bag of annoying characters and even more frustrating situations…

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By Geneviève C (140) on 12 Apr 2010

WTF?! How is this film a Criterion Collection pick…

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By Tom G (847) on 22 Sep 2008

Interesting story about a mentally disturbed sister at the center of a family breaking apart…

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By Chris W (2,796) on 23 Nov 2008

Question mark a film about fatalism and its limits…

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By Patrick G (451) on 19 Mar 2007

A bit on the odd side...i like it when she covers herself in mud and farts in the guy's face…

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Sweetie’s brilliance stems from how Campion inventively explores the relationship between inanimate objects and personal memory, Sally Bongers’s…

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By Ryan K (1,614) on 27 Mar 2011

The feature debut of Jane Campion is to be admired and shows off her ability to take two completely different tones and mash them together…

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