She's perfect. He's doomed. Teen noir so twisted it'll make you side-eye your crush.
A romantic story of young love is not what it seems. Rachel meets Matt on his way home from school. Matt falls for her, but Rachel has other ideas. Rachel and her boyfriend Nick use Matt to exact a revenge on his parents. What follows is an escalating story of revenge and payback: amoral teenager versus family.
Acting
Anna Lise Phillips' ice-cold manipulation never blinks
Direction
Julie Money's unflinching gaze at teenage cruelty
Production
Bleached Australian suburbia as moral wasteland
Director
Julie Money
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of late-90s Australian cinema exploring 'ugly' suburbs — think Two Hands but without the charm. The arcade setting dates it painfully to Dreamcast-era youth culture.
Director Julie Money reportedly wanted the audience to question why they initially rooted for Rachel-Matt as a couple. The casting of Phillips (then 28 playing teen) adds deliberate unease to the grooming dynamic.
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