Variety
The characters are memorable ones, and beautifully played by the three young newcomers, with Noah Taylor especially effective as the lovesick Danny.
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The Year My Voice Broke
A rural NSW love triangle infused with teenage angst, as Noah Taylor and Ben Mendelsohn battle for the affections of a beautiful girl.
"Co-produced by George Miller (Mad Max), The Year My Voice Broke sparks with the joys and anxieties of being on the verge of adulthood. Danny (Taylor) is an awkward teenager with a near-obsessive crush on the beautiful Freya (Loene Carmen). His plans for seduction are abruptly halted by the arrival of an older rugby star, Trev (Mendelsohn in an AFI Award-winning role). Danny's unreciprocated love, Trev's rebelliousness and Freya's family secrets soon send all three on a course for destruction." (Sydney Film Festival)
Less1987Rating: PG103 minsAustralia
- Director:
- John Duigan ('Head in the Clouds', 'Sirens', 'Flirting')
- Writer:
- John Duigan
- Cast:
- Noah TaylorLoene CarmenBen MendelsohnGraeme BlundellLynette CurranMalcolm RobertsonJudi FarrTim Robertson
The Year My Voice Broke | Reviews
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Time Out
A lovingly crafted and deeply affecting film, this might be likened, in terms of both quality and perception, to Rob Reiner's excellent Stand By Me.
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The Washington Post
"The Year My Voice Broke" (a terrible title) sets you up for a dreamy coming-of-age saga, then delivers something tougher, moodier and more challenging.
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The New York Times
''The Year My Voice Broke'' is certainly not fresh, but it is so pleasant and unpretentious that we can almost forget the total lack of surprise in this deftly acted Australian film.
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The Guardian
The backwoods settings fit beautifully with the themes of Duigan’s screenplay; just as adolescence feels dislocated from adult life, the Southern Tablelands are distant but familiar.
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Los Angeles Times
A brilliantly acted and strangely haunting vision of life's most hellish period.
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