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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: [It] has a gentle oddness as unforced as its performances and as inoffensive as its dialogue. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: You'll be gladder to have seen this beguiling little film if you can find it. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: "Turn Me On, Dammit!" is a rarity: a comedy about a teenage girl's budding sexuality, treated with wit and kindness. Read more
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: "Turn Me On, Dammit!" is a movie as odd as its title, just as straightforward and considerably more endearing. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: I can't think of another movie whose finale uses a reference to genitalia to warm your heart. Read more
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: The movie treats a girl's burgeoning sexuality as neither epic nor problematic, or mutually exclusive of feelings of love, but rather simply, refreshingly, as one part of maturing. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: For a genre dominated by American movies in which girls are usually prizes or objects of lust, Turn Me On, Dammit! practically feels revolutionary. Read more
Ian Buckwalter, NPR: Jacobsen's frank, funny but nonexploitative approach to teen libido has the feel of honest memoir, a look back at those years that recognizes,with the benefit of distance, that there's plenty of humor to be found in even the most arduous of growing pains. Read more
Sara Stewart, New York Post: Jacobsen's clever, compassionate treatment of Alma's romantic predicament involving Artur, her exhibitionist crush, comes from a perspective you virtually never see in American films. Read more
V.A. Musetto, New York Post: Despite the movie's subject, the director, Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, avoids exploitation. She uses sweet, deadpan humor to take the sting out of the sexual frankness. Read more
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: It may be a slight comedy but Turn Me On, Dammit! is enormously entertaining. Read more
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: This yarn about an innocent-looking but desperately horny teenage girl might not have that much commercial upside, but its bittersweet, faintly depressed brand of Nordic humor is definitely enjoyable. Read more
Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle: Teenage boys aren't alone in exploring their confused and unruly libidos. Girls go there, too. And when they do, it's no small thing. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Here's a clever, refreshingly real twist on the teenage sex farce. Read more
Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: True, the film deals with sex. But at heart, it's really about romance. Read more
Jon Frosch, The Atlantic: A minor, feather-light film, but a vivid and often funny one. Read more
Alexandra Molotkow, Globe and Mail: Turn Me On, Dammit! is that rare thing: an honest coming-of-age story from the female perspective. Read more
Matt Singer, Time Out: The ladies deserve equal time, and they finally get some [Ahem] in this charmingly blunt Norwegian teen sex comedy. Read more
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: [It] never lags, from the first shocking scene to a sweetly amusing John Hughes-inspired finale. Read more
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: Like its title, Turn Me On, Dammit! is a jokey pseudo-provocation. Read more
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: A wry if saucily subversive charmer, based on a novel by Olaug Nilssen. Read more