As played out by the witty but shy Taylor and the softly radiant Thandie Newton, the romance rises far above the routine "teenagers-in-love" movie.

| May 31, 2018

An absolute gem, and a treat not to be missed.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 8, 2012

An intelligently written and marvelously acted coming-of-age tale set in rural Australia in the 1960s.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 8, 2012

Truthful and compassionate.

| Aug 8, 2012

Not only worthy of its fine predecessor, this tender, perceptive, and gorgeously acted memory piece may even surpass it in subtlety, feeling, and depth of characterization.

| Aug 8, 2012

Miles ahead of the average teen film, Flirting is a most agreeable sequel to John Duigan's earlier pic The Year My Voice Broke.

| Mar 26, 2009

Animation is used here clearly to allow the story to be told with a certain amount of distance, yet the constant shift in tone and introduction of video elements keeps the film intensely unsettling.

| Original Score: A- | Jun 21, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 29, 2005

Mr. Duigan avoids melodrama, which is all to the good. Yet his gift for the acutely observed commonplace detail is neither strong nor original enough to transform the movie into something comparable to so many similar, better films.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 30, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 2, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 2, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 24, 2003

| Original Score: 81/100 | Dec 31, 2002

A truly memorable coming-of-age romance.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 27, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 13, 2002

An offbeat charmer

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 10, 2002

Nowhere near as novel as The Year My Voice Broke....but still worthwhile

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 18, 2002

Puts on display director John Duigan's knack for conveying the universal anguish of adolescence

| Aug 21, 2002

Surprisingly endearing and frequently funny.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 25, 2002

Flirting is one of those rare movies with characters I cared about intensely. I didn't simply observe them on the screen, I got involved in their decisions and hoped they made the right ones.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 1, 2000