Review of Somersault

Somersault (2004)
2/10
Good acting and cinematography, poor writing and directing
20 August 2004
See this film to see fine young actors doing good work.

See this film to see beautiful cinematography. The credits alone are worth a look.

Unfortunately, however, these are let down by a poorly constructed script, wooden dialog, and storytelling laden with clichés. These range from gratuitous scenes -- Heidi following Joe outside, naked; Joe's gay kiss... to characters telling each other things that we should be seeing -- "You don't know what you want!" or "You're afraid to get close to someone!"... to film school visual clichés -- Heidi under the bathwater, finally bursting up for air; Heidi wandering moodily through the landscape.

By the time we were treated for the seventh time to Heidi wandering moodily through the landscape, I was ready to burst out of the theatre, gasping for air.
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