Jamie passion and passionfruit!

Indie darling of a couple of years back, there is no doubting that this is an original little movie about a bunch of interconnected people in the suburbs – child sexuality, child molesting, lost adults, etc etc.  Parts of it I found almost irritating and writer-director Miranda July as the leading lady and performance artist is definitely close to maddening, but the sheer inventiveness of the script and the stories makes up for her character.  There are some good performances from a non famous cast and a nice brevity to the film but it also falls short of the great revelation I perhaps expected.  July is an artist to be watched and there may be more than one actor here to go on to better things, so at the end of the day it gives plenty to enjoy and think about.

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