I have a somewhat morbid fascination with Australian cinema and on the whole I find it entertaining and interesting, especially the survival films in the desolate outback setting. However I can quite honestly say this is the weakest example of Australian cinema (in its Australian new wave heyday as well!) that I have encountered! It compares with one of those cheap Australian television soap-operas about surfer culture as well as more loosely other films from world cinema such as Grease (1978) and Rita, Sue and Bob Too! (1987).
It tells the story of two teenage schoolgirls and their trials and tribulations as they attempt to make their way up the Sydney surfer circuit despite their middle class upbringing and school being the exact opposite role models in that respect.
I only found mild amusement at a scene where one of the girls introduces her surfer boyfriend who doesn't have much going on between the ears to her prim and proper parents!
Directed by Australian cinema veteran Bruce Beresford who has a varied filmography some of which I have already delved into. Puberty Blues started life as a book and seems to have evolved into a streaming TV series more recently. It's a film I will never watch again. For die-hard Australian cinephiles only!
It tells the story of two teenage schoolgirls and their trials and tribulations as they attempt to make their way up the Sydney surfer circuit despite their middle class upbringing and school being the exact opposite role models in that respect.
I only found mild amusement at a scene where one of the girls introduces her surfer boyfriend who doesn't have much going on between the ears to her prim and proper parents!
Directed by Australian cinema veteran Bruce Beresford who has a varied filmography some of which I have already delved into. Puberty Blues started life as a book and seems to have evolved into a streaming TV series more recently. It's a film I will never watch again. For die-hard Australian cinephiles only!