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Caterpillar Wish

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Emily (Victoria Thaine), a 17-year-old student, finds a Bible with an intriguing inscription and realizes hoping for change is not enough.
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Megan Lehmann Hollywood Reporter While intelligent performances from the luminous Porter (Better Than Sex) and newcomer Thaine make their unconventional mother-daughter relationship feel thoroughly organic, the script finally collapses under the weight of a narrative pile-up. Jun 8, 2006 Full Review Luke Y. Thompson OC Weekly A well-done movie all-around -- but what teenager today uses film in her camera? Apr 24, 2008 Full Review Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile As a character study, Sciberras' film tantalises, but the storytelling lets it down. With its gentle lilting soundtrack, the mood is the most tangible strength of the film. I wish I liked it more. Jun 6, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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isla s I felt this was an average film. The characters are ok and the plot is fairly interesting but it didn't exactly grab me much. Its an easy watch but not an especially memorable one. An ok film. The themes of identity, belonging and loss are ones that most people can relate to, to one extent or another but there wasn't really enough substance to make it more substantial, which is a shame as it did feel/seem like it had potential but it didn't quite get there, so to speak, although the ending was a bit more powerful than I'd perhaps expected. Still, its certainly not an awful watch - if your interested in this then give it a watch and see what you think. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Ken R When will the Australian Film Commission wake up and recognise scripts that will not make money for the industry?. Here's yet another Aust movie project that proves this point - so many feature trashy themes involving incest, paedophilia or sordid adultery. This one tries to incorporate them all - then suggests a compromise that simply doesn't hold up. It basically features the life of a foulmouthed topless bar worker, and unmarried mother, and her teenage daughter - as they move through one challenge to the next. One suspect scene has the daughter willing to sleep with a ‘friend' even though they both think they are brother and sister! The South Australian coastal locations are good looking but all too familiar within other local movies (with similar themes). The performers all work hard but the script lets them down. The whole thing tries too hard to be arty but with little quality substance - it just ends up like so many others that people just rarely go out to see. Offered some promise but ultimately led to very little. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/23/19 Full Review Audience Member I enjoyed the movie, Susie always great, Victoria Thane fantastic, loved her use of the old Pentax film camera as part of her search into the past. Better than most box office hits. Location Robe SA great. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member had a Jindabyne feel to it but it was nowhere near as good. Kind of boring acutally. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member beautifully filmmed but i wish i have not wasted any money on seeign it. nothing special in the film because you can always guess what will happen next. and i dun know where the wish is. and what the mother(susan) doing in the film is not making any sense. so i think the policeman is right about that it's all susan's fault. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Well-made Aussie drama. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Emily (Victoria Thaine), a 17-year-old student, finds a Bible with an intriguing inscription and realizes hoping for change is not enough.
Director
Sandra Sciberras
Producer
Kate Whitbread
Screenwriter
Sandra Sciberras
Production Co
South Australian Film Corporation
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Australian English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 23, 2017
Runtime
1h 40m
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