Look Both Ways (2005)
Mixing animation and live action, Look Both Ways follows the misadventures of Meryl (Clarke), a woman who sees disaster everywhere. One day Meryl is witness to a real accident that connects her to the lives of others affected by the tragedy, among them Nick (McInnes), a photographer emotionally inhibited by his own fears. As Meryl and Nick tentatively attempt to connect, their story is shot through with humor, whimsical insight and compassion. (Kino International)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Sarah Watt
Written By: Sarah Watt
Starring: Anthony Hayes, Justine Clarke, William McInnes, Andrew S. Gilbert, Daniela Farinacci, Lisa Flanagan, Maggie Dence, Edwin Hodgeman
Genres: Romance, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
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Look Both Ways belongs to 16 collections
1. Female Directors (collaborative: moderated by djross - 90 stars)
2. Female protagonist (collaborative: moderated by djross - 25 stars)
3. FIPRESCI Prize (collaborative: moderated by paulofilmo - 14 stars)
4. Leonard Maltin's 151 Best Movies You've Never Seen (collaborative: moderated by katsuben - 12 stars)
5. Hyperlink Cinema / Interconnected Stories (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 6 stars)
6. Photography (collaborative: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer - 5 stars)
7. Australia (collaborative: moderated by djross - 2 stars)
8. Australian director (collaborative: moderated by djross - 2 stars)
9. Netflix Watch Instantly (public: dgeiser13 - 2 stars)
10. 100 Best Australian Films Of The New Millennium by FilmInk (collaborative: moderated by Equanimity)
11. Australian Films #YOUMUSTSEE Top 100 Films (collaborative: moderated by Equanimity)
12. Djross seen at the cinema (public: djross)
13. SFIFF 2006 (public: citrusboy)
14. 2005: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
15. Djross Australian feature films I've seen (public: djross)
16. Djross feature films I've seen that are directed by women (public: djross)
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| Apr 07, 2019 |  |
iconogassed | 45 21st |
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Middling entry in the cinema of cornball cosmic coincidence. Animated inserts by the director herself are smothered by an egregious reliance on dreary Everybody Hurts montages. Seriously there's, like, eight.
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| Sep 17, 2013 |  |
closedmouth | 70 41st |
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Urgh, I don't know what to say about this. It's mostly above-average for an Australian film, but the abrupt cop-out ending kinda made everything seem trite and meaningless. It also falls into the common Australian trap of thinking drama means everything has to be super serious and everyone has to be melancholic and filled with ennui and staring off into the middle distance. It's not bad, and I liked it for the most part, but Watt makes a lot of mistakes I had trouble ignoring.
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| Oct 20, 2011 |  |
SlantMag | 20 41st |
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"Unimaginatively apes P.T. Anderson at every turn." - Nick Schager
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| Jun 12, 2011 |  |
KasperL | 70 65th |
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This film is really good at capturing states of mind (animations illustrating thoughts, music elaborating on character emotions). Also, it's a skillfully judged blend of serious (tragi-)drama and (indie-)comedy.
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| Dec 25, 2007 |  |
adrian | 50 59th |
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Look Both Ways is an Australian tragicomedy obsessed with death. The main characters' lives are believable and the movie's head-on approach to its theme is refreshing.
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
Semiramis | 85 60th |
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I was so tired when I saw this. Not in the mood for watching a film at all, but as this progressed (it was fairly slow) I gradually got more caught in it.
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| May 21, 2007 |  |
kakki | 75 25th |
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Cancer can impact differently over people. Humor gives a ligher drama.
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| Average Percentile 55.29% from 74 Ratings |  |