Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 01/19/1990(USA)
Release Date: 10/24/2006
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 99 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Criterion
New Zealand-born filmmaker
Jane Campion directs the darkly humorous
family drama Sweetie. Thin and mousy
Kay (
Karen Colson) works in a factory and lives a dreary existence with her well-meaning boyfriend,
Louis (
Tom Lycos). One day, her sister
Dawn (
Genevieve Lemon) arrives with her so-called manager,
Bob (
Michael Lake). Nicknamed
Sweetie,
Dawn is everything
Kay is not: boisterous, impulsive, and overweight.
Kay is consumed with uptight phobias, while
Dawn hangs on to her unrealistic childhood dreams of show business. Meanwhile, their parents,
Gordon (
Jon Darling) and
Flo (
Dorothy Barry), are involved in a strange separation.
Kay,
Louis, and
Gordon trick
Dawn so they can visit
Flo at a ranch in the Australian outback. Everyone gets together back at the family home where
Dawn pulls an immature stunt, exposing the psychological realities of the situation.
~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
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