gnowaczek
I saw this movie for the first time on you tube last week and found it to be a strong and moving love story. The Delinquents tells the tale of a young teenage couple in an Australian town in the 1950's who face opposition from parents, the law and other people for being together and in love.Kylie Minogue is a talented individual not just in the music industry but also in acting as well, her portrayal of Lola Lovell was brilliant and heartfelt. Even though this is her first movie role she does a great job with the material given to work with.Charlie Schlatter is sensitive and boyishly handsome as telegraph delivery boy Brownie Hansen, his character in the film is so sweet and his feelings so genuine.What makes this story so unique is how the young couple fights to find a way to stay together despite forces trying to pull them apart time after time. Why this film has a rating of only 5.5/10 is surprising I'd give it a 6.4.
D M
This is the only movie I have ever walked out of. I couldn't bear wasting any more of my life watching it. I don't remember the storyline much (I guess because it was forgettable), but do remember the sets being utterly ridiculous e.g. all the cars were from the era, but they all looked like they'd just driven off the showroom floor - in fact better than showroom condition. In what world are all cars like this? Every aspect of the sets were like that. Not well thought out.On the weird side I saw this in a cinema in George St in Sydney when it came out, and the power went out for about 45 seconds. I found out later this was at the exact moment that the owner of the cinema chain who had recently died, was having his funeral at this exact moment, freaky!
truly_potts
I just saw this film very recently, I don't know why I never saw it sooner. Kylie looks like she was just out of Neighbours and can really blow your socks off acting. I thought the way she transcended from girl to women was very effective.Charlie I knew from Diagnous Murder so I knew he could do comedy, but he played the love interest very well, and seemly thought out the character very well.The rest of the cast were superb I don't know they're work personally but they had me from the get go.The Mavis and Lyle Situation was lovely. Two people who knew what it felt for to be each others true loves.It was a great film and as much as I like Kylie as an entertainer, I would love to see her act again, maybe the roles reversed she being the strict one.Go and rent it out, it is a lovely thought out film.
Die beste Freundin
´The Delinquents´ was made just after Kylie´s rise to fame in the music business (thanks to producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman), and is a star vehicle in the tradition of the classic Hollywood movies starring (f.i.) Joan Crawford. Not the plot, but the actress comes in first place in these kind of movies. Every storyline, every camera angle, everything spins around miss Minogue. She gets all the time and space to show off her acting skills, good looks and various hairstyles. This movie would have been a disaster without the star quality Kylie brings to it. Even though she never made it to the level of Madonna or Janet Jackson, she has the attitude that goes with top stardom, and that is what makes her film debut really enjoyable.
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