Synopsis
The buttoned-down, superstitious Kay is attempting to lead a normal existence with her new boyfriend Louis. That’s until Sweetie, her rampaging, devil-may-care sister, returns home after an absence, exposing the rotten roots of their family and placing a strain on Kay and Louis’ relationship.
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Cast
- Geneviève LemonDawn 'Sweetie'
- Karen ColstonKay
- Tom LycosLouis
- Jon DarlingGordon
- Dorothy BarryFlo
- Andre PataczekClayton
- Michael LakeBob
- Jean HadgraftMrs. Schneller
- Paul LivingstonTeddy Schneller
- Louise FoxCheryl
Recommendations
- 88
Chicago Sun-Times
The acting style edges toward parody, the material is unforgiving of Australian middle-class life in the boondocks and then, pow! - Sweetie waltzes onto the screen. - 88
Slant Magazine
Sweetie’s brilliance stems from how Campion inventively explores the relationship between inanimate objects and personal memory, Sally Bongers’s static camera lingering on the precipice of a family unit brimming with secrets and lies. - 80
TV Guide Magazine
Cruelly honest and pitilessly funny, Sweetie is one of the nakedest explorations of familial love and desperation ever filmed. - 80
Washington Post
In making her first film, Campion has done thrillingly atmospheric work, and in the process, established herself as perhaps the most perversely gifted young filmmaker to rise up in years. - 80
The Guardian
Campion offsets what could have been a morose drama with an atmosphere that becomes increasingly, and unnervingly, mystical. - 80
The New York Times
Sweetie looks like a small movie, and in every measurable way it is, but it possesses remarkable strength and tenacity. - 80
Time Out
Sweetie confirms Campion as a highly original movie talent. - 80
Empire
Sweetie is a deeply uncomfortable, distressing yet wholly rewarding experience.
