GamerTab
That was an excellent one.
Mjeteconer
Just perfect...
Humaira Grant
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
Kaydan Christian
A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
gr0o0rg
This might be my favourite movie. Watching it is like bedding down with a homemade blanket and staring into a winter's fire. The atmospheric photography, shimmering score and languid pace combine to gently massage the mind and transport you to a dreamy and affecting place. Heidi's story, a girl navigating the emotional terrain of love, friendship and human behaviour is authentic and believable. Heidi may not be very smart but by the end of the film she achieves a measure of wisdom that opens the door to adulthood. The film also has plenty to say about the sex, forgiveness, the bonds that shackle and the bonds that bind. The acting is outstanding, Abbie Cornish gets everything right, she's simply mesmerising and this really is one of the great Aussie performances. A lot of people found this film boring and over-rated so it's definitely not for everyone. Myself, I couldn't ask for more, it's an experience to savour again and again.
happyakazukin
Somersault has a lot of good things about it. Visually it looks beautiful and eerie. The music, while not enhancing some scenes to their potential, fits the visuals as naive and pretty. The acting is excellent, the conflict between Heidi and her mum is a stand out- as well as some key scenes at the end. The story is simple but touching and interesting.Where does Somersault fail? The script could have been tightened. It went off developing all these different characters (the coworker girl, that other lady). While character development is a good thing, it felt out of place in this movie. The story is essentially about *Heidi* and her flaws as a person, NOT all the other characters. When I re watched this, I skipped 90% of the unneeded extra character development scenes and the movie became a lot more moving and entertaining. If the movie was presented in a typical Hollywood fashion, the extra character scenes could be hyped up a lot more, but the style the director took prevents this from being done in an entertaining way.This movie is 100 minutes long. They could have cut it down to 60 or even 40. If the script was watered down so it KEPT TO THE POINT OF THE STORY then I would be giving it 8/10. So have your DVD remote ready and skip some parts :P
mario_c
It's a sad and melancholic story about a teenage girl, HEIDI (played by Abbie Cornish), that after run away from her mother's place goes to a distant town to meet again a guy she once met in Canberra. But when she arrives there he doesn't remember her anymore. She feels lost, disoriented, but even so she will try to live by herself, going into the unknown, meeting new people, from place to place… HEIDI is courageous but also a bit reckless too, because she "gives herself" to other people without knowing who's on the other side… For a few times we hear her asking "- Can I go with you?" to guys she already met! But this character is strong, very strong indeed, because she resisted for several times to very bad incidents without looking back, without even think to return to her mother's home… This story is sad and melancholic but it also reveals the strength, the irreverence, the anger and the unconsciousness of the teenage years… It's a very touching story because of that. On one side it's slow, melancholic, almost depressing, but on the other we feel rage and unconformity.I really liked the plot, the characters and the settings, but I would like to give a special mention to the soundtrack. I think it's great! It combines very well those opposite feelings I did refer before, because it has very sad and melancholic tracks combined with rock and dance music tracks. And they're very well integrated in the plot as well.A good surprise from Australia!
Becca B
I started watching the film, just by chance.... And after only a few minutes, I kept saying "Wow..... This must have been written by a woman!! This could ONLY have been written by a woman!!" LOL :-))))I watched the whole film and only in the end I confirmed what I already knew: "Written & Directed by Cate Shortland" :-)))I had never heard of this writer/director before, but I enjoyed the film... :-) And it is very refreshing knowing there are a few women out there doing films from a rather... female perspective. And at the same time (in my opinion) beautifully realistic. I found the film beautiful! And I would like to say to Cate Shortland:Congratulations. Keep up with the good work :-)Becca (Portugal)
