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Spinal
02-19-2012, 10:35 PM
TURN ME ON, DAMMIT!
Director: Jannicke Systad Jacobsen

IMDb page (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1650407/)

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Spinal
02-20-2012, 02:20 AM
This was pretty good. It's an agreeable little film that doesn't plunge into territory too dark. There are echoes of Muriel's Wedding and Fucking Amal though it does not approach those predecessors in terms of quality. The title is deceptive. The young girl who serves as the protagonist doesn't need someone to turn her on. Her problem is that she's constantly turned on and doesn't know what to do with it. At a social function, a male friend exposes himself to her behind the building. Trouble is, no one believes her story and she ends up being ridiculed by the rest of the small town. There are some amusing moments in which we see the young girl's distracting sexual fantasies. But, ultimately, the film is little more than a wisp, with too many missed opportunities.

Actually, I think I just talked myself into a lower rating. I'll still give it a mild yay though.

number8
05-08-2012, 09:26 PM
Gah! Finally saw this last week. Didn't get around to reviewing it until today (http://www.justpressplay.net/reviews/9384-turn-me-on-dammit.html).

I'll agree with Spinal's mild yay. It's good, and I'm glad it exists, but certainly not as accomplished as the two films he mentioned.

Rowland
01-15-2013, 03:06 PM
Watched after Zero Dark Thirty, this proved to be a lovely little antithesis to that film (both notably by female filmmakers), so it strikes me as regrettable that a deliberately small but perceptive, sensitive, and very charming little gem like this will never receive anywhere near as much attention. In these Socially Conservative States of America, where God had to be removed from this film's title lest the audience for a teen-orientated, coming-of-age-themed foreign import be turned off by the Lord's name being taken in vain, Jacobsen's refreshing frankness concerning teenage female sexuality appears almost radical. And as leading female performances are concerned, Helene Bergsholm > ZD30's Chastain.