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Praise (1998)

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Reviews Counted:6

Fresh:5

Rotten:1

Average Rating:7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: PRAISE tells the bizarre, erotic tale of two down-on-their-luck individuals whose passionate affair threatens to save--or destroy--both their lives. Gordon (Peter Fenton) is an apathetic,... PRAISE tells the bizarre, erotic tale of two down-on-their-luck individuals whose passionate affair threatens to save--or destroy--both their lives. Gordon (Peter Fenton) is an apathetic, chain-smoking asthmatic living in a grubby apartment in Brisbane. When he meets barmaid Cynthia (Sacha Horler), who suffers from eczema, the two begin to have sex, play Scrabble, and confront their pathetic situations. Based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Andrew McGahan, this festival favorite is an example of Australian cinema at its most quirky and impassioned. [More]

Starring: Peter Fenton, Sacha Horler

Starring: Peter Fenton, Sacha Horler

Director: John Curran

Director: John Curran
Screenwriter: Andrew McGahan
Composer: Dirty Three

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This contrived tale of sexual misfits plays out as little more than an endlessly drab exercise in ennui.

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