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Flirting

Flirting

Drama · Romance · 1991

Two freethinking teenagers - a boy and a girl - confront with authoritarian teachers in their boarding schools. The other students treat this differently.

Movie details

Flirting

“Here's to risks.”

1991 Drama · Romance 1h 39m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

Two freethinking teenagers - a boy and a girl - confront with authoritarian teachers in their boarding schools. The other students treat this differently.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Flirting?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

John Duigan

Written by

John Duigan

Noah Taylor

Noah Taylor

Danny Embling

Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Adjewa

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Nicola Radcliffe

B

Bartholomew Rose

'Gilby' Fryer

F

Felix Nobis

Jock Blair

J

Josh Picker

'Backa' Bourke

K

Kiri Paramore

'Slag' Green

Court is in session

Put Flirting on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.