There's plenty here to recommend; so what if its explicitness and femcentric sexuality turn off some prudish viewers, dammit!
Turn Me On, Dammit!(Få meg på, for faen)
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Norway · 2011
1h 16m
Director Jannicke Systad Jacobsen
Starring Helene Bergsholm, Malin Bjørhovde, Beate Støfring, Matias Myren
Genre Drama, Comedy
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In Skoddeheimen, Norway, 15-year-old Alma is consumed by her hormones and fantasies that range from sweetly romantic images of Artur, the boyfriend she yearns for, to daydreams about practically everybody she lays eyes on.
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This yarn about an innocent-looking but desperately horny teenage girl might not have that much commercial upside, but its bittersweet, faintly depressed brand of Nordic humor is definitely enjoyable.
Slant Magazine by Andrew Schenker
Nothing here is wrong, but beyond pointing out that sexually charged teenage girls are likely to be misunderstood in an oppressive small town, there's nothing that's especially insightful here either.
There's an undeniable sweetness here, evident in the vulnerability that peeks through Alma's disaffected facade, and in the unconventional grand romantic gesture that turns the film's climax into a playfully dirty spin on "Say Anything's" boombox scene.
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
With its soft, bleached images and occasional detours into black-and-white stills, Turn Me On, set in an unspecified recent past, has a gentle oddness as unforced as its performances and as inoffensive as its dialogue.
Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern
Here's a debut feature from Norway, a coming of age comedy so fresh and droll that the actors seem not to have been directed at all, but simply observed as they went about their odd lives.
Village Voice by Melissa Anderson
Like its title, Turn Me On, Dammit! is a jokey pseudo-provocation.
Boxoffice Magazine by Sara Maria Vizcarrondo
It's a mixed blessing to see these dramas play out in Norwegian, surrounded by what we tend to imagine are more liberal perspectives on sex.
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