Strange Fits of Passion (1999)
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63% of critics liked it
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33% of users liked it
(48 ratings)
Sex and the singles scene is a much explored and exploited subject in cinema, particularly in the 1990's. Strange Fits of Passion tries to avoid clichés in narrating a young woman's desperate crusade to lose her virginity. The result is a bittersweet fable in which the protagonist takes the… More Sex and the singles scene is a much explored and exploited subject in cinema, particularly in the 1990's. Strange Fits of Passion tries to avoid clichés in narrating a young woman's desperate crusade to lose her virginity. The result is a bittersweet fable in which the protagonist takes the viewer along on her journey through hilarious sexual and social misadventures as she struggles to discover the meaning of sex, love, and desire in a world which is post-modern and post-everything. The first film of actress and stage director Elise McCredie, Strange Fits of Passion was chosen for the International Critics' Week at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, Rovi
- Directed By
- Elise McCredie
- Written By
- Elise McCredie
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 18, 2001 Wide
- On DVD
- Mar 29, 2005
- Studio
- Water Bearer Films Inc.
Critic Reviews
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Joshua Tanzer, Offoffoff
A familiar kind of story that never gets old in the retelling.
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David Noh, Film Journal International
Writer-director Elise McCredie has cobbled together a scruffily ingratiating comedy that is enlivened by the attractively natural performances of her cast.
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Brandon Judell, PopcornQ
if you were missing gay suicides in the last decade or so, here's one good reason to catch this farrago.
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Cast
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Michela Noonan
as She
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Mitchell Butel
as Jimmy
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Samuel Johnson
as Josh
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Steve Adams
as Pablo
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Anni Finsterer
as Judy
- Boyana Novakovitch
- Rob Carlton
- Jack Finsterer
- Nathan Page
- Barry Dickins
- Jodie J. Hill
- Luke Anderson
- James Liotta
- Sam Johnson
