Flirting

R

Released Nov 14, 1992

1 hr. 40 min.

Comedy

Drama

List

96%

25 Reviews

Tomatometer

77%

5,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

In this sequel to "The Year My Voice Broke," Danny Embling (Noah Taylor) leaves home to attend an all-male boarding school. An all-female prep school is located nearby, and, over a series of joint social activities, Embling falls under the spell of one of its more freethinking students: Thandiwe Adjewa (Thandie Newton), who comes from Uganda. But their quietly developing romance is threatened by racial prejudice and Danny's awkwardness in affairs of the heart.

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Critics Consensus

A terrific follow-up to The Year My Voice Broke, Flirting is a teen movie worth watching, thanks to emotionally engaging performances and an endearing script.

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Audience Member

very well acting, follows the lives of adolescence very closely, and some palpable chemistry facing radical politics and the racial prejudice

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/15/23

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Audience Member

Manages to tackle many heady subjects in a lovely coming of age story.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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scott m

Story about girl and a boy who are forced to sneak around to see each other at two very strict boarding schools. One of the more under-rated romantic movies about teens ever made. I really like this movie. Plus Thandie Newton, Nicole Kidman, and Noami Watts before they were stars. See it for them alone.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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andrey k

Flirting is a clever teen movie with the talented cast and strong direction.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

From the movie poster and the thumbnail of the trailer you'd think the focus is all on Nicole Kidman, but no, this film defies its own description. So masterfully done, so beautiful, so powerful. This was the second in what was supposed to be a trilogy and it's the kind of story that lets you finish with your own imagination.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Audience Member

Unnerving sentimentality.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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John Duigan

Director

Noah Taylor

Danny Embling

Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Adjewa

Nicole Kidman

Nicola

Bartholomew Rose

"Gilby" Fryer

Kiri Paramore

"Slag" Green

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An absolute gem, and a treat not to be missed.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 8, 2012

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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.

Aug 8, 2012

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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.

Mar 26, 2009

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Malcolm Johnson

Hartford Courant

As played out by the witty but shy Taylor and the softly radiant Thandie Newton, the romance rises far above the routine "teenagers-in-love" movie.

May 31, 2018

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TV Guide

An intelligently written and marvelously acted coming-of-age tale set in rural Australia in the 1960s.

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 8, 2012

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Film4

Truthful and compassionate.

Aug 8, 2012

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Synopsis

In this sequel to "The Year My Voice Broke," Danny Embling (Noah Taylor) leaves home to attend an all-male boarding school. An all-female prep school is located nearby, and, over a series of joint social activities, Embling falls under the spell of one of its more freethinking students: Thandiwe Adjewa (Thandie Newton), who comes from Uganda. But their quietly developing romance is threatened by racial prejudice and Danny's awkwardness in affairs of the heart.

Director: John Duigan
Screenwriter: John Duigan
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Company, Warner Bros.
Production Co: Kennedy Miller Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 14, 1992, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.4M
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, Surround