Sweetie (1989)

Sweetie: Directed by Jane Campion. With Geneviève Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos, Jon Darling. An introspective young woman’s life is upturned by the arrival of her maladjusted sister.

“First of all, I loved how this film was wholly unapologetic. It feels like the work of someone whou0026#39;s done what they wanted, without compromise. Still, this is not without its merits and problems. While the film stands out as odd and, as such, interesting without knowing more about it, I feel that it could have gained by using more traditional work on the plot, a little like Wim Wenders did on u0026quot;Paris, Texasu0026quot;, or by Gus van Santu0026#39;s u0026quot;Paranoid Parku0026quot;, which are both odd films where the somewhat straightforward plots worked wonders without taking away from the unusual contents. Having said that, this film is filled with wonderful, everyday, never-before-seen imagery with wonderful human beings, a fresh view of presenting a film, photography where the object of a shot is rarely in the center of the image and a storyline that goes a bit all over the place – thank Bog for that. All in all: recommendable, and gets better as the film progresses.”