Synopsis
Amy's father, Franco, was a popular rock musician accidentally electrocuted while performing on stage. The psychological trauma leaves Amy mute and deaf. So the 8-year-old is brought by her mother, Tanya, to Melbourne to diagnose the reasons for her continued silence.
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Cast
- Alana De RomaAmy Enker
- Rachel GriffithsTanya Rammus
- Ben MendelsohnRobert Buchanan
- Nick BarkerWill Enker
- Kerry ArmstrongSarah Trendle
- Jeremy TrigattiZac Trendle
- William ZappaBill Trendle
- Torquil NeilsonLuke Lassiter
- Sullivan StapletonWayne Lassiter
- Mary WardMrs. Mullins
Recommendations
- 63
New York Daily News
Alana De Roma is going to be a tremendous star. - 60
Los Angeles Times
A skilled heart-tugger from Australia that verges on rock opera. - 50
The New York Times
Warm of heart, modest in polish, Amy provides satisfactions that must be balanced against its flaws. - 50
New York Post
The sort of heart-tugger a small group of people will love passionately. - 50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
In the end, it trivializes the psychological complexity of the girl's post-traumatic stress and betrays a game group of actors who struggle to find balance between the alternately dark drama and the silly, over-the-top melodrama. - 50
L.A. Weekly
If Tass had found a way to include more playfulness, her film would be more endearing. Instead, she accents the easy bathos of David Parker's script, from the problems of the shrill, cliched neighbors to a finale that plays like a movie of the week. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Your ability to overlook the film's myriad contrivances will ultimately depend on how you react to little De Roma. - 10
Village Voice
Plumbs new depths of craven heartstring-yanking.