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Actors: Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Sam Neill, Elle Macpherson, Portia de Rossi, Kate Fischer
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Sirens |
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In the 1930s, the reverend Anthony Campion (Grant) and his wife Estella (Fitzgerald) are sent by the Anglican bishop to visit renegade painter Norman Lindsay (Neill) at his compound in the Australian bush and ask politely that he withdraw his scandalous piece "Crucified Venus" from public exhibition. Lindsay will politely do nothing of the kind, and meanwhile the supposedly progressive reverend and his wife are both scandalized and intrigued by life at the ranch with Lindsay's three lovely models Sheela (Sports Illustrate fave Macpherson), Giddy (de Rossi, before "Ally McBeal"), and Pru (Fischer). Gradually it appears they are trying to "convert" the couple as much as the reverend and his wife seek to change hearts and minds. This sensual and earthy 1994 Australian movie is easy on the eye, in terms of both the landscapes and human figures, though hardly shocking or revolutionary, despite a good dose of social philosophy. Writer-director John Duigan cameos as an earnest minister.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Sirens |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- love triangle/polygon
- seduction (yum!)
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- LESBIANS!!!!!!
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- artist
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- religious figure
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- artist
Eccentric:
Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Australian
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Asia/Pacific/Middle East
Yes
Asian country:
- Australia
Water?
Yes
Water:
- swimming on
- river
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- lesbians!
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- sex under blankets
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Subtitles?
- No
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