Don't be fooled by the title into thinking this is yet another
superficial entertainment about the perennial boy-girl nonsense. That
could not be further from the mark. In this writer's opinion, My Year
Without Sex is simply one of the best-crafted movies ever made in
Australia, a brilliant evocation of ordinary Australian suburbia where
people struggle with problems and cruel fate but still somehow refuse
to be bowed down.
Writer/director Sarah Watt would be advised to clear space on her mantelpiece for more AFI Awards to go with those won by her first feature, 2005's Look Both Ways. Most of the same backup team worked with her again on this film, and everything about it, from script to direction, to acting, production design, cinematography, editing, even the cute title sequences that flag each new month in the year-long story, is outstanding. (click below for full review)
Starring: Starring Sacha Horler, Matt Day, Maude Davey and Fred Whitlock. Directed by Sarah Watt
97 mins
Rated M (sexual references & coarse language)
http://www.catholic.org.au/viewreview.asp?fid=1229