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aka Maladolescenza
Highly controversial due to showing plenty of early teenager nudity, this
unsettling coming of age story is regarded as a masterpiece by some, and
exploitative junk by others. The first day of their summer holiday, Laura
(Lara) and Fabrizio meet at the edge of a forest, as they have done in
years past, to spend the summer together in the woods. Fabrizio has however
changed, and seems now only interested in abusing Laura psychologically, to
the extent of tying her to the ground and releasing a snake on her. Laura,
unbelievably, stays with Fabrizio despite everything, apparently too
attracted to him.
This is the only major plot element until Fabrizio meets another early
teenage girl Silvia (Eva), who, unlike soft Laura, is every bit as evil and
dominating as Fabrizio. Silvia is a willing sex partner for Fabrizio, and
Laura is relegated to subserviency and object of malice. They even force
Laura to watch while having sex, another way of asserting the pecking
order. Plenty of skin is shown, including breasts, pubic hair and more.
Closeups are excluded from our screenshots and video clip.
The actresses perform decently, but due to their age are almost completely
out of scope for this site, and so are given low scores. Regardless, Eva
impresses with her uniquely cold, evil and erotic look. Eva is also famous
for having been a model in her mother's erotic photographs from the age of
five, and for having appeared in Italian Playboy at the age of 11.
The direction has plenty of elementary flaws. There are very confusing
temporal jumps, and in many scenes characters are not in the least
credible. The ending completely fails to have any emotional impact or to
bring a feeling of closure, violating the simplest rules of drama.
Nonetheless, if early teenager sexuality and cruelty are taboos for you,
the movie does have impact. That is its largest merit by far.
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Eva Ionesco
![]() 12 years old
Lara Wendel
![]() 12 years old |
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Directed by John Duigan (Lawn Dogs), actors
including Mischa and Jessica Alba – yet
this movie is a failure. A beautiful model (Alba) discovers she's been
drugged and raped, and is not allowed to leave the house. An
underachivement in every way, except Mischa's role as a mute, mildly
retarded girl is worth checking out for her fans.
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That Night is not a good movie. The main attraction to me was Eliza, whom I
had come to know through Buffy the Vampire Slayer. There is no striking
similarity between the younger and older Elizas, which was something of a
disappointment to me. In this movie, Eliza plays Alice Bloom, a girl with
little in way of friends and lacking love from parents. Alice greatly
admires a beautiful older girl Sheryl O'Connor (Juliette Lewis) living
across the street, and, cutely for a young girl, becomes something of a
stalker. The two befriend, and Eliza starts tagging along with Sheryl and
her boyfriend Rick. Sheryl's parents disapprove of Rick, and make an
attempt to prevent Sheryl from seeing him anymore, ergo a recipe for the
mild climax of the movie.
The events as well as the characters failed to spark my interest, and I
would have stopped watching altogether had not Eliza, who made her debut in
this movie, had a fairly large role.
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Eliza Dushku
![]() 11 years old |
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An family movie with a seal named Andre in the main role. Very much a kids'
movie, with little to offer for older viewers. Tina stands out as the one
with skill and charm.
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Tina Majorino
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aka Hayflower and Quiltshoe
A silly Finnish children's movie of a family whose well meaning, nice
mother is just not fit for the job of mother. Acting of especially the
children is poor, but they have a number of cute and beautiful moments.
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Katriina Tavi
![]() 10 years old
Tilda Kiianlehto
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A children's movie full of absurdly unrealistic details. The plot revolves
around two adopted children trying to keep a dog they found without their
parents noticing. Abigail is charmingly cute, even more so than usually,
and Makenzie isn't bad either. Both girls have a lot of screen time. Talia
is seen for only a few seconds; see the TV series Dead Like Me" for more of her.
However, all the frames without the girls could be cut off, without losing
anything much of value.
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Abigail Breslin
![]() 8 years old
Makenzie Vega
![]() 9 years old
Talia Ranger
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A comedy about two men who find themselves unemployed, and decide to start
a day-care center, despite being completely unqualified. The outcome is
plenty of chaos, little of which is likely to entertain teen or older
audience. The plot is one big hole, but Eddie Murphy and all the
below-the-waist humor may be enough for younger viewers. Elle is one of the
kids in day-care, and has a handful of separate lines.
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The fourth in a steadily worsening sequence of kids' movies, this one is
strictly for fans of the series, and supposedly of big slobbery dogs. The
two young actresses in the movie do a fine job within the severe limits of
their predictable roles as the little girls fond of their dogs. The plot
involves a look-alike of Beethoven in a rich house, and the two getting
swapped.
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Kaleigh Krish
![]() 11 years old
Michaela Gallo
![]() 10 years old |
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An awful thriller lacking in all aspects except production values.
Conchita's role is small but the few moments she has are adorable.
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Conchita Campbell
![]() 9 years old |
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Writing full reviews is an extremely time-consuming process. These are movies we've seen and want to comment on, but don't have time to write full reviews for. If you have any suggestions for movies you feel should be on this list, please let us know.














