
It's a long hot summer for Charlie Boyd. He's sixteen, his hormones are raging and he's just found out his mother is having an affair with his father's best friend. One thing takes his mind off his problems, the mysterious woman down the street who has visitors day and night, and has just advertised for a gardener. But she is forgotten when a tragic family event tumbles Charlie into a world of pain, a pain so intense Charlie thinks no-one can help him. He's wrong. Someone can... (Full plot summary below)
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It's a long hot summer for Charlie Boyd. He's sixteen, his hormones are raging and he's just found out his mother is having an affair with his father's best friend. One thing takes his mind off his problems, the mysterious woman down the street who has visitors day and night, and has just advertised for a gardener. But she is forgotten when a tragic family event tumbles Charlie into a world of pain, a pain so intense Charlie thinks no-one can help him. He's wrong. Someone can. Maggie, the beautiful French stranger. She's a professional, and she specialises in pain. Giving it, exploring it, sharing it, all for money. So Charlie falls in love, and despite herself so does she, drawn to this troubled boy who takes all the pain she can give and uses it to heal himself. And as Charlie heals, he turns that healing back onto her, his Mistress.
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| Urban CinefileLouise KellerStephen Lance's debut feature is like a wet dream: a fantasy scenario that titillates but never reaches a satisfactory climax, despite impressive performances by Harrison Gilbertson as the obsessed teen & Emmanuelle Beart as the provocative mistress |
| The AustralianStephen RomeiWhile it's good that Lance eschews the conventional, the question becomes, what does he have in its place? I was left unsure of the answer. |
| Screen InternationalFrank HatherleyThe fact that My Mistress looks out of place, set as it is in suburban Queensland, doesn't detract from the director's ambition and obvious promise. |
| Sydney Morning HeraldSandra HallIn the story of Kate's fractured relationship with her son is a tough and potentially tender film, but Beart and her pout get in the way. |
| FILMINK (Australia)Rhiannon SawyerMost of the problems in My Mistress stem from the fact that it is steeped in cliché. |
| GuardianLuke BuckmasterMy Mistress is a story of coming of age and sexual awakening, but there are times when it feels like little more than a sleazy take on a boy meets girl movie. |
| User ReviewHuw GAn unfinished fairy tale. It could have been very good, but really needed much more work. Curious, clumsy, and thankfully never quite inappropriate. Not as morose as much Australian cinema is, but does have a go at times. |
| User ReviewBrian SOh, Emmanuelle Beart, why such a face... & lips? |
| User ReviewLenny RAlternative title suggestion - Emmanuelle Beart: Bogan Domme. |
| User ReviewHeather MBig disappointment, half cooked, stupidly confused and incomplete screenplay. Great beginning and but clichéd ending. It could be really a great, revolutionary and refreshing flick but sadly it turned out to be stupidly sober, social and back to socially controlled leash. Again a big disappointment. :( |