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Love and Other Catastrophes

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Love and Other Catastrophes
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R,1hr 16min
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1996
Synopsis: Australian college students struggle to deal with school, romance, and life in general in first-time director Emma-Kate Croghan's comedy. The film's focus falls on cinema studies major Mia (France O'Connor) and her roommate Alice (Alice Garner), both of whom find themselves in romantic flux. Alice is torn between the cocky Ari (Matthew Dyktynski) and the shy but loyal Michael (Matt Day), while Mia is in the midst of a messy break-up with her girlfriend Danni (Radha Mitchell). Further complicating ... Full Synopsis
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The Australian romantic comedy Love and Other Catastrophes may not be derivative of the similarly named Love and Other Disasters -- in part because, well, that second film came out a decade after the first. But that doesn't mean Catastrophes isn't hugely indebted to other films, specifically, the wave of early 1990s nostalgia-driven ensemble films about young hipsters finding themselves. Singles and ... Full Review
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