Jane Asher comes out best in this freshly approached film whose syntax has something of the Nouvelle Vague, without taking...say... Goddard's risks.
Character behavior is quirky, and sudden tantrums and oddball antics actually give the film it's best traits. Nothing 'corny' here.
Even the Foreigner's view of British seediness (Director is Polish) is spot-on, BUT (and here's the PROBLEM) the acting is generally stilted and as the film goes on, this stilted general tone in the delivery of the dialogue, is SO clumsily present in all the characters, that for an authentic English viewer the film becomes unbearable!
It turns out that the reason is that the entire film is DUBBED...as many actors were actually German!
So, as far as I'm concerned, this is a severely flawed film, which could have been truly excellent. Had it all been shot in England, with a true British cast, and a director more aware of the nuances of the language, it could have been as good as a fine Polanski.
Nonetheless it retains a Halo of 'cult' criteria to be proud of, and despite the wishy-washy finale, it sums up teenage Sex/love obsession pretty effectively.
Character behavior is quirky, and sudden tantrums and oddball antics actually give the film it's best traits. Nothing 'corny' here.
Even the Foreigner's view of British seediness (Director is Polish) is spot-on, BUT (and here's the PROBLEM) the acting is generally stilted and as the film goes on, this stilted general tone in the delivery of the dialogue, is SO clumsily present in all the characters, that for an authentic English viewer the film becomes unbearable!
It turns out that the reason is that the entire film is DUBBED...as many actors were actually German!
So, as far as I'm concerned, this is a severely flawed film, which could have been truly excellent. Had it all been shot in England, with a true British cast, and a director more aware of the nuances of the language, it could have been as good as a fine Polanski.
Nonetheless it retains a Halo of 'cult' criteria to be proud of, and despite the wishy-washy finale, it sums up teenage Sex/love obsession pretty effectively.