Amy

August. 27,1998      
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Amy's father, Franco, was a popular rock musician accidentally electrocuted while performing on stage. The psychological trauma leaves Amy mute and deaf. So the 8-year-old is brought by her mother, Tanya, to Melbourne to diagnose the reasons for her continued silence.

Rachel Griffiths as  Tanya Rammus
Ben Mendelsohn as  Robert Buchanan
Kerry Armstrong as  Sarah Trendle
William Zappa as  Bill Trendle
Sullivan Stapleton as  Wayne Lassiter
Susie Porter as  Anny Buchanan
Frank Gallacher as  Dr. Urquhart
Malcolm Kennard as  Brian Cosgrove
Jan Friedl as  Susan Hammett
Charles Tingwell as  Country Doctor

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Reviews

SincereFinest
1998/08/27

disgusting, overrated, pointless

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Teringer
1998/08/28

An Exercise In Nonsense

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Chirphymium
1998/08/29

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

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Motompa
1998/08/30

Go in cold, and you're likely to emerge with your blood boiling. This has to be seen to be believed.

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Tony
1998/08/31

At first, this just looked a little bit smarmy, and we take comfort in the fact that the cute little girl can't speak. But no, we have to have a happy ending, so the hard-hearted neighbours discover that the girl hears and speaks only melodies, so the second half of the film is sung in nursery rhyme melodies, and saccharine rhymes. It really is as vile as it sounds. I was screaming at them to stop. There are some good actors in this film. They must have been really hard-up to accept these jobs.The girl sounds like that Nikki Webster wretch. I'm not sure whether she did the singing, but it was someone just as unbearable as her.

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starette
1998/09/01

As there are no comments here on my fav film i thought i'd put one. I found this film amazing. I loved it. i have now watched it 4 times on video and thinking of watching it again this afternoon. It's a fine movie to show the world just how great and touching our movies can be. Rachel Griffiths and Alana De Roma were excellent. And all supporting cast were fab. And the songs were great and well picked for where they were put into the story. Okay i better get back to my h/w now. Then watch AmY again!

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shellkev
1998/09/02

I was so captured the first time i watched Amy, i went out, bought it, then watched it again, twice in one day, not bad. Amy is the type of movie you could have tucked up the back of your collection but when watched, will still give the same effect as the first time. It restores your faith in human kindness, by showing a group of people rallying around to help a special little girl. It makes you laugh, cry.. oh boy it makes you cry,and as the cover states.. "you've heard nothing until you hear her song' is so true.. brilliant Australian Movie, should make the industry proud...Rachel Griffiths, Ben Mendelsohn and Alana De Roma, were fantastic.. If you haven't seen Amy,you are missing something special...

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Donal-2
1998/09/03

Amy is the only daughter of famous (and dead) rock star Will Enker (Nick Cave) and his partner Tanya Rammus (Rachel Griffiths). As a young child on the road she witnessed the tragic death of her father, and since that night has been deaf.Tanya wants to discover what is wrong with her daughter - because in all other ways she is a free-spirited angelic child. Social services are not so understanding, and so in an attempt to gain time to help Amy, Tanya goes into hiding in one of the inner city suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. In the street they end up on we meet a group of dysfunctional characters, including Robert Buchanan (Ben Mendelsohn), a starving but talented musician. In the process of 'finding' Amy, this group of dysfunctional people are bought together.Keep an eye out for the singing coppers

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