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Turn Me On, Dammit! (Få meg på, for faen) has not been reviewed by Broad National Press
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...has a gentle oddness as unforced as its performances and as inoffensive as its dialogue.... Sweet, brave Alma isn't out to frighten the sheep; she's just unashamed to admit that girls get horny too." (Read the full review...) 244 words, 03/30/12 Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "As you can probably tell by the title, Jannicke Systad Jacobsen's Norwegian drama pulls no punches. But its frankness is a big part of its appeal." (Read the full review...) 188 words, 03/30/12 Sara Stewart, New York Post: VERY GOOD (cg) "...clever, compassionate... comes from a perspective you virtually never see in American films: Adolescent girls obsess about sex, too, and not just how to fend it off." (Read the full review...) 150 words, 03/30/12 Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: VERY GOOD (cg) "Jacobsen conveys teen angst with realism and humour, laced with the occasional adolescent sting that will be familiar to anybody... refreshing and empowering." (Read the full review...) 476 words, 05/18/12 Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...jokey pseudo-provocation.... Systad Jacobsen, working with a cast of mostly first-time actors, reveals her strengths with the more fully conceived supporting characters." (Read the full review...) 226 words, 03/28/12 Alexandra Molotkow, Toronto Globe & Mail: VERY GOOD (cg) "The film's lack of sentimentality is a strength overall, but an occasional weakness. For the most part, the characters look and behave as their real-life correlates would." (Read the full review...) 626 words, 05/18/12 Phil Brown, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Amusing, sweet and surprisingly touching... an insightful comic gem that appeals to the secret pervert in all of us." (Read the full review...) 201 words, 05/17/12
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: VERY GOOD (cg) "...that rare thing, a movie that says shame on sexual shame and double shame on the double standard.... the film is both sexy and wholesome." (Read the full review...) 451 words, 04/27/12 Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: VERY GOOD (cg) "...a clever, refreshingly real twist on the teenage sex farce... The film's sitcom-worthy characters exist alongside observational touches that make the situation feel authentic." (Read the full review...) 366 words, 05/18/12 Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: EXCELLENT (cg) "...a movie as odd as its title... There's not a lot to it, but what's here is really enjoyable, if at times as awkward as high school." (Read the full review...) 511 words, 05/11/12 Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: VERY GOOD (cg) "...this story has some shape, and, ultimately, the vulgarity is put to happy use. I can't think of another movie whose finale uses a reference to genitalia to warm your heart." (Read the full review...) 499 words, 04/27/12
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...jokey pseudo-provocation.... Systad Jacobsen, working with a cast of mostly first-time actors, reveals her strengths with the more fully conceived supporting characters." (Read the full review...) 226 words, 03/28/12 Gerald Peary, Boston Phoenix: WEAK (cg) "There's perhaps a witty way to tell this story, but filmmaker Jannicke Systad Jacobsen hasn't found it. What's on screen is stilted and dull..." (Read the full review...) 90 words, 04/26/12 Chris Barsanti, Pop Matters: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...took home the Best Screenplay - Narrative Award at the Tribeca Film Festival... reveals a delicate sense of comedy, attuned to the acute embarrassments, social minefields, and roaring squalls of adolescence." (Read the full review...) 441 words, 05/05/11 Alison Willmore, Movieline: EXCELLENT (cg) "...feels something close to revolutionary.... adapted from a novel by Olaug Nilssen, allows Alma's journey to be funny, embarrassing and poignant without ever seeming leering or exploitative." (Read the full review...) 838 words, 03/29/12 Andrew Schenker, Slant: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Nothing here is wrong, but beyond pointing out that sexually charged teenage girls are likely to be misunderstood in an oppressive small town, there's nothing that's especially insightful here either." (Read the full review...) 541 words, 03/25/12 Phil Brown, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Amusing, sweet and surprisingly touching... an insightful comic gem that appeals to the secret pervert in all of us." (Read the full review...) 201 words, 05/17/12
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: EXCELLENT "...a coming of age comedy so fresh and droll that the actors seem not to have been directed at all, but simply observed as they went about their odd lives." (Read the full review...) 217 words, 04/13/12 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...has a gentle oddness as unforced as its performances and as inoffensive as its dialogue.... Sweet, brave Alma isn't out to frighten the sheep; she's just unashamed to admit that girls get horny too." (Read the full review...) 244 words, 03/30/12 Ian Buckwalter, NPR: GOOD "There's nothing particularly revelatory here... Yet there's an undeniable sweetness, evident in the vulnerability that peeks through Alma's disaffected facade..." (Read the full review...) 679 words, 03/29/12 Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: VERY GOOD "...a wry, affectionate small-town movie, but one that sneaks up on a genuine feminist issue. Boys Alma's age are expected to be sex-obsessed, but a girl who yearns for action is relentlessly stigmatized..." (Read the full review...) 427 words, 04/28/11
John Anderson, Daily Variety: VERY GOOD "For all its frustrated ardor, the film is actually quite lovely as well as honest, treating its young characters with the kind of respect to which Hollywood teen movies seem severely allergic." (Read the full review...) 505 words, 04/23/11 Jordan Mintzer, Hollywood Reporter: VERY GOOD "...deadpan teen dramedy features a fine lead performance from newcomer Helene Bergsholm, and despite its low-budget production values, has its heart - and hand - in the right place." (Read the full review...) 530 words, 10/30/11 Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: OUTSTANDING (cg) "It is such a relief to see a film about teens that does not condescend to them -- not even in the backhanded way that the 'Twilight' movies and their like often do." (Read the full review...) 521 words, 03/31/12 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...has a gentle oddness as unforced as its performances and as inoffensive as its dialogue.... Sweet, brave Alma isn't out to frighten the sheep; she's just unashamed to admit that girls get horny too." (Read the full review...) 244 words, 03/30/12 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: EXCELLENT "...a coming of age comedy so fresh and droll that the actors seem not to have been directed at all, but simply observed as they went about their odd lives." (Read the full review...) 217 words, 04/13/12
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