Stars: Helene Bergsholm, Malin Bjørhovde, Beate Støfring, Matias Myren, Henriette Streenstrup | Based on the novel by Olaug Nilssen | Written and Directed by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen
I’ve had something of a soft spot for coming-of-age stories ever since I read Jd Salinger’s perennial classic The Catcher In The Rye. Whether it’s the tough but good-hearted lessons of Stand By Me and Almost Famous or bleak but profound entries into adult like The 400 Blows and Kes, they usually contain a great deal that I can relate to on an emotional and thematic level, even if I never grew up in Paris, toured with a rock band or found a dead body in my youth. I did get drunk in a park once, but that’s about it. Realistically I think I still enjoy these stories because, despite having been legally adult for quite some time, I still haven...
I’ve had something of a soft spot for coming-of-age stories ever since I read Jd Salinger’s perennial classic The Catcher In The Rye. Whether it’s the tough but good-hearted lessons of Stand By Me and Almost Famous or bleak but profound entries into adult like The 400 Blows and Kes, they usually contain a great deal that I can relate to on an emotional and thematic level, even if I never grew up in Paris, toured with a rock band or found a dead body in my youth. I did get drunk in a park once, but that’s about it. Realistically I think I still enjoy these stories because, despite having been legally adult for quite some time, I still haven...
- 4/28/2013
- by Mark Allen
- Nerdly
Based on the novel of the same title by Olaug Nilssen, Turn Me On, Goddammit tells the well-worn story of teenage sexual awakening but refreshingly explores the female perspective.
Alma is almost 16 and dreams about fellow classmate, Artur, climbing into her bedroom window at night. Playing guitar in the choir band, Artur has also attracted the attention of Alma’s friend Ingrid.
During the opening credits, Alma’s voice-over narration, emphasises the boredom of living in Skoddeheimen as we take a quick tour of the community: "Empty roads, more empty road.... stupid sheep..." Jacobsen doesn’t mess around with our first introduction to Alma; she challenges our expectations of the stereotypical bored female adolescent by showing her masturbating lying on her kitchen floor, listening to phone porn before the return of her mum interrupts her “down” time.
Later pre-“incident” scenes of Alma with her friends awaken painful, and often embarrassing,...
Alma is almost 16 and dreams about fellow classmate, Artur, climbing into her bedroom window at night. Playing guitar in the choir band, Artur has also attracted the attention of Alma’s friend Ingrid.
During the opening credits, Alma’s voice-over narration, emphasises the boredom of living in Skoddeheimen as we take a quick tour of the community: "Empty roads, more empty road.... stupid sheep..." Jacobsen doesn’t mess around with our first introduction to Alma; she challenges our expectations of the stereotypical bored female adolescent by showing her masturbating lying on her kitchen floor, listening to phone porn before the return of her mum interrupts her “down” time.
Later pre-“incident” scenes of Alma with her friends awaken painful, and often embarrassing,...
- 4/7/2013
- Shadowlocked
If the title of Jannicke Systad Jacobsen‘s Turn Me On, Dammit! has you expecting a raunchy comedy of flamboyant zest, it may not hurt to dial back your expectations a bit. We do get no less than two up-close-and-personal looks at Artur’s (Matias Myren) Dirk Diggler, and I’d be lying if I said our introduction to 15-year-old Alma (Helene Bergsholm) — the outright image of her exploring her pants under the tutelage of a phone-sex worker named “Stig” — is something you see at the movies every day.
But Jacobsen, working from her own adaptation of an Olaug Nilssen novel, approaches the material with a Norwegian bite that keeps the on-screen stuff at a sleety distance. What we’re meant to laugh out loud at like rowdy, foolish goons in a Judd Apatow movie plays severely differently here, and that generally gives the film a more interesting aura than...
But Jacobsen, working from her own adaptation of an Olaug Nilssen novel, approaches the material with a Norwegian bite that keeps the on-screen stuff at a sleety distance. What we’re meant to laugh out loud at like rowdy, foolish goons in a Judd Apatow movie plays severely differently here, and that generally gives the film a more interesting aura than...
- 3/30/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
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