"Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places"
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What You Need To Know:
First-time director and writer Emma-Kate Croghan , only 23-years-old, has done a remarkable job with such a well-worn theme. The tone is light always charming and delightful, and the characters are likable and engaging. Their trivial catastrophes are wittily presented, and the sheer sincerity of the characters make the film a winner. Shot in 17 days and costing only $37,000 to make, the film rises far above its modest budget. However, there are very troubling areas, including: homosexuality, lesbianism, drugs, sexual activities, and even forging a dead professor’s signature. These immoralities tell of a generation whose vacuous values are not firmly rooted in biblical morality and who don’t know the Truth that can set them free from the bondage of our age. Their many references to pop idols reflect the superficialities of their role models, further demonstrating the need for spiritual grounding as they look for direction in their lives.
Content:
(Pa, Ho, LLL, SS, NN, A, D, M) Pagan worldview of college relationships with homosexuality & lesbianism involved; 9 obscenities, 8 vulgarities & 2 profanities; sexual relationships outside marriage, same gender sexuality, 1 sexual act, numerous sexual situations including two homosexuals in a bathroom, 2 lesbians kissing, & sexual references in conversations; partial nudity; drinking; some drug use; and, signature forgery & gross scene of man vomiting.
More Detail:
On a college campus, two girls are discussing what else . . . boyfriends. Mia (Frances O’Conner ) is telling Alice (Alice Garner) that she is too choosy, believing that the boyfriend she is seeking must be honest, left-handed and love the same movies she does. Mia, who is apparently bisexual, is creating some distance between herself and lesbian girlfriend Danni (Radha Mitchell), while trying to change courses at their university to pursue her new interest: the department head of the new course she intends to take. She is also stunned to learn that she owes the campus library $663 in fines.
Mia believes that Ari (Matthew Dyktynski ), the coolest-looking guy on campus, is smitten with her. Also entering the scene is Michael (Matt Day), shy, awkward and unable to get any girl interested in him. Michael, a medical student, is looking for a room and finds to his dismay that students are just not willing to share apartment space with a medical student. It is coincidental that Mia and Alice are also looking for a third apartment-mate, and it is only a matter of time before they run into Michael.
Throughout it all, Mia is having difficulty trying to transfer from her current course to the new one, thanks to her dough-nut eating Professor Leach (Kim Gyngell ) who is personally offended by Mia’s transfer. When he dies from eating too many doughnuts, Mia finds a way to forge his signature on her transfer form. They do it, but later find out that Mia’s new department head, the object of her fantasies, is leaving for Europe. Girlfriend Danni , meanwhile, looks like she is going steady with a new lesbian love.
LOVE AND OTHER CATASTROPHES is much ado about nothing, focusing on the trivialities of campus life and loves that preoccupy the minds and hearts of these group of students. Their capers and concerns, both small and significant, are captured with warmth and wit in this tale of campus star-crossed lovers. The trivialities are unimportant but fun and cheery, and even Mia’s gloom at her life gone awry for a while has moments of delight in its depression. The cast is well chosen, and the sincerity of their individual characters is absolutely charming. They become extremely likable people, in spite of their sophomoric attachments and ambitions.
The film unapologetically quotes and refers to American movies, movie stars and pop singers in making its points, bowing to the prevalent pop culture of today’s young generation. It also reflects the folly of today’s youth in using entertainment figures as role models and the standard for life’s decisions. There is a fluidity of attitude towards the bisexuality of these young people that is disturbing. Perhaps, it shows a complete lack of moral foundation upon which to base their lives, such as a belief in God. The winsome and winning good-nature of the film is marred by the absence of a more concrete moral foundation, taking away from an otherwise happy and likable effort of this first-time filmmaker.
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What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.
You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.
Movieguide® is a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible.
