Dating Amber
Dating Amber
Directed by:
David FreyneScreenplay:
David FreyneCinematography:
Ruairí O'BrienCast:
Fionn O'Shea, Lola Petticrew, Sharon Horgan, Barry Ward, Lauryn Canny, Simone Kirby, Shaun Dunne, Shauna Higgins, Ally Ni Chiarain, Emma Willis, Jonny Woo (more)VOD (3)
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Set-in Ireland during the mid-90’s, Eddie and Amber (both 17) are in the closet about their sexuality and decide to stage a relationship in order to stop everyone speculating. Eddie is keen to follow his Dad into the military, while Amber dreams of moving to the liberal hub of London. However, their ‘ideal’ arrangement begins to fall apart, forcing Eddie deeper into denial as Amber realises that a perilous future awaits her best friend unless she intervenes. (Altitude Film Distribution)
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Dating Amber has a very funny start, which gradually turns into a relationship and family drama, but it didn't appeal to me as much as the initial comedy level. The stone-throwing for attention really had its charms, and the sex education instructional video was very bizzarre. I was intrigued by the hillbilly atmosphere of the school, where the height of perfection was telling each other about your (un)real love experiences. While the film offers a strong story on the whole, it didn't get under my skin that much and the ending itself didn't quite work for me. A stronger three stars!
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Director and screenwriter David Freyne tells a quite original story about friendship and self-acceptance that has the power to engage more senior viewers too. At least I totally fell for it. I haven't seen such a good teen movie in a long time. I laughed a lot from the very beginning, some situations were really very funny. However, as time went on, there were also much more serious and sad moments, during which I came close to tears. I really must to praise the unassuming lead duo, Fionn O'Shea and Lola Petticrew, who managed to express a wide range of emotions with great sensitivity. I also really liked the 90's soundtrack, which accurately captured the era in which the movie takes place. (90%)
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