Saturday, 6 March 2021

VOD: Babyteeth (dir: Shannon Murphy, 2020)

 "This is the worst possible parenting I can imagine."

This low-budget Australian gem takes the recent soppy terminally-ill-girl-gets-together-with-unsuitable-boy YA sub-genre and gives it a wonderful grounded and engaging shake-up.  By turns funny, heartbreaking and heartwarming, it skewers character tropes wonderfully and is buoyed by very strong performances all round, especially Eliza Scanlen and Toby Wallace as the mis-matched young couple.  With sharp observations and by keeping things relatively realistic, the conclusion might be inevitable but the characters and their journey are well worth watching.

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