Flirting 1991

Vincent Canby, New York Times: 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. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: 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. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: 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. Read more

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

Hal Hinson, Washington Post: This kind of emotional precision -- that is, this ability to make the subtlest psychological distinctions -- is a rare gift, and Duigan gets full mileage out of it. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: If Duigan maintains the dark yet humanistic humor that has graced both films, we should all be back for more. Read more