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Rain (2002)

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Reviews Counted:57

Fresh:48

Rotten:9

Average Rating:7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $283,615

Synopsis: The debut film by director Christine Jeffs, RAIN, records with charm the confusion of coming of age amidst domestic disintegration. In Far North New Zealand in 1972, Janey (Alicia... The debut film by director Christine Jeffs, RAIN, records with charm the confusion of coming of age amidst domestic disintegration. In Far North New Zealand in 1972, Janey (Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki) has traveled to the beach for a long lazy summer with her family. As the days get longer, Janey teaches her little brother, Jim (Aaron Murphy), to swim while their Scotch-sedated parents ignore each other, wallowing in their messy marriage. From hungover days to beach party nights, they fake their way through parenting. It is late into one such night, while party music plays loudly, that Janey's mother, Kate (Sarah Peirse), lulls photographer Cady (Marton Csokas) into a swirling secret embrace. Though Janey detests the drunken dramatics, her mother's boozing and flirting symbolize the freedoms of adulthood, so Janey steals sips and smokes, and kisses the neighbor kid. But he's just a boy, and Janey's becoming a woman, so she sets her sights instead on her mother's pick, Cady. As the title suggests, the oceanic climate of New Zealand leads to dramatic changes of weather, and also reflect RAIN's mid-film change of heart. RAIN first sparkles like the bright blue sea and warm summer nights in the glow of fairy lights, then crumbles under bruised bourbon-colored skies. With a superb musical score, the Split Enz' Neil Finn band provides retro-styled melancholia indebted to the Brothers Gibb. [More]

Starring: Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki, Aaron Murphy, Sarah Peirse, Marton Csokas

Starring: Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki, Aaron Murphy, Sarah Peirse, Marton Csokas, Alistair Browning

Director: Christine Jeffs

Director: Christine Jeffs
Screenwriter: Christine Jeffs
Producer: Philippa Campbell
Composer: Neil Finn, Edmund McWilliams
Studio: IDP Distribution

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The film’s constant mood of melancholy and its unhurried narrative are masterfully controlled. But … in trying to capture the novel’s deeper intimate resonances, the film has – ironically - distanced us from the characters.

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09/26/02
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08/07/08
Mark Halverson
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Sacramento News & Review

First-time writer-director Christine Jeffs captures the destruction of a family with a blunt accuracy that never precludes a gift for the occasionally lyrical moment.

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03/01/07
Bruce Feld
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12/30/06
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07/08/03
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Fulford-Wierzbicki in particular turns in a performance well beyond her years as Janey.

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12/08/02
Merle Bertrand
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10/26/02
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08/31/02
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Before it rains, clouds cover the sky and hint at the coming storm. Jeffs fully captures that feeling of anticipation.

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08/02/02
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

Treats a potentially explosive set-up with adult reflection and thoughtfulness.

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07/25/02
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

Far from the first female coming-of-age movie, but it's one of the most vivid.

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07/20/02
Mark Caro
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Chicago Tribune

The symbolism may be a little thick at times ... but overall it’s a remarkably strong debut that marks Jeffs as a director to watch.

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07/18/02
Jeffrey Bruner
Jeffrey Bruner
Des Moines Register

Rain is so slight that it almost isn't there, but these performers deftly approximate the sensation of having a craving for someone.

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07/09/02
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