Nicole Kidman Movie:

		List Price: $7.98		Label: Allumination Salesrank: 92967 Released: June 27, 2005
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		MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Media: DVD

Room to Move Reviews:
Simple, straightforward plot. Kidman is good!
2009-05-04 - I borrowed this movie from a friend simply because I wanted to see how Nicole Kidman looked and acted at the beginning of her career. As you might imagine, she was stunning even then and was a fine little actress.

I enjoyed her performance as Carol, as well as the second lead, a young girl named Angie, but the plot was too simple for my tastes. It's the story of a kind, generous high-school girl from a nice, normal family who befriends the troubled new, spike-haired girl in her school.

The new friends end up helping each other, indirectly, because Kidman's father is pushing her to become a huge track star. She has the natural ability but is uncertain about what she wants to be. Angie is a talented dancer, so Kidman experiments with dancing, much to the dismay of her father.

This movie is a coming-of-age story with an unresolved ending that ends rather abruptly. For that reason and because it lacks bursts of humor that might have redeemed it, I'm giving this one four stars.

Endnote: I found it interesting that this film was originally intended as part of a larger miniseries and is one of Kidman's earliest roles.

Reviewed by: Betty Dravis, May 2009
Author of: "1106 Grand Boulevard"





One of Nicole Kidman's earliest movies
2007-01-09 - I rated this four stars because Nicole Kidman did an excellent job with her role. She is very sweet by playing a good friend to someone who doesn't deserve to be an outcast. But the story is familiar and predictable, with sparse humor, so I almost gave a three star rating. The movie isn't very long - only about an hour.

Nicole plays Carol, a teenager who is pushed by her father to be a great runner. He is trying to live his dreams through her. Her parents are strict with homework and curfews. She meets a girl at school who comes from the opposite situation; this girl's father often doesn't even know or care where his daughter has gone. This girl, Angie, looks different from others in the school - she has dyed, spiked, short hair. Carol's family is concerned about this new friendship.

The dilemma for Carol arises when she decides to make a choice on her own what to pursue - to be the best runner at the expense of other enjoyments or to live a more well-rounded life with the realization that could mean she will not be the best.

I would rate this movie PG. There were no drugs, sex, or language problems that I heard. Sometimes the australian accent was a bit difficult to dicipher. If I had turned up the volume it may have helped. The main characters do respectfully defy (I know it sounds like an oxymoron) authority figures at certain times in the movie. Defying might be too strong a word - but I will leave it in for concerned parents. It is primarily a classic teenager struggle to define him/herself without alienating too much the loved parents and coaches who may have different dreams. It is secondarily a story of friendship between two diverse girls when one is ready for a change. It comes down to Carol's choice in both matters.