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Rain

Be careful what your heart desires.

2001 · 1h 32m · N/A Drama, Romance
Directed by Christine Jeffs

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Overview

Janey is on vacation with her family at their beach house on the Mahurangi Peninsula in New Zealand. Her parents, Ed and Kate, are on the verge of divorce and sit around drinking whiskey all day, while Janey and Jim are left to their own devices. Cady, a local boaty who is having an affair with Kate, catches Janey's pubescent eye.

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85%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Treats a potentially explosive set-up with adult reflection and thoughtfulness.

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh

Far from the first female coming-of-age movie, but it's one of the most vivid.

Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune
Fresh

It is, like weather, what it is, neither good nor bad but something that feels as if it has the weight of the inevitable.

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Fresh

Jeffs' meticulous framing nicely counterpoints all the messy turmoil, and her screenplay flows with the cadences of life.

Manohla Dargis, L.A. Weekly
Fresh

Jeffs creates a lush atmosphere of desire and approaching chaos, and delivers a bona fide shocker in the last reel.

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle

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