Love and Other Catastrophes

1996

Comedy / Romance

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 53% · 15 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 71% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 2200 2.2K

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Director

Emma-Kate Croghan Photo
Emma-Kate Croghan

Top cast

Radha Mitchell Photo
Radha Mitchell as Danni
Frances O'Connor Photo
Frances O'Connor as Mia
Kim Gyngell Photo
Kim Gyngell as Professor Richard Leach
Matthew Dyktynski Photo
Matthew Dyktynski as Ari
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724.86 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 18 min
Seeds 1
1.31 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 18 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by PeterM27 7 / 10

An influential, low-budget, fun Aussie rom-com

Reviewed by noralee 6 / 10

Cute Romantic Comedy

"Love and Other Catastrophes" is co-written and co-produced by a Jewish Australian woman, makes some jokes on Woody Allen, and doesn't repeat any of his stereotypes. There's an interesting Jewish character or two - including a guy named Ari who is a lothario and a guy considering a circumcision due to the demands of his Jewish girlfriend.It fits nicely in the genre of twentysomething roommates seeking love, i.e. "Singles," "Kicking and Screaming," etc.The lesbian couple is treated completely naturally and romantically and is really the most interesting couple. None of the guys even assume the lesbian's straight best friend is gay, as I think would happen in most American films. The film student satires are a bit heavy handed, but on a whole it's a cute, funny first-time movie casually made. I only recognized two songs out of the whole soundtrack as it was filled with Australian rock 'n' roll I've never heard before. (originally written 4/2/1997)
Reviewed by claudio_carvalho 6 / 10

Dull, but Entertaining

In the last day for changing the course in the Melbourne University, the lesbian cinema student Mia (Frances O'Connor) misses her girlfriend Danni (Radha Mitchell), who is dating Savita (Suzi Dougherty), and is trapped in the bureaucracy of the university to transfer to another course. Her mate and best friend Alice (Alice Garner) is seeking out a roommate to share the expenses of their new house, and is alone trying to find a boyfriend that is left-handed and enjoys the same movies as she. Alice is having trouble to complete her thesis about Doris Day, and she has organized a party for that night in their house. Meanwhile the popular student of medicine Ari (Matthew Dyktynski) befriends the lonely Michael Douglas (Matt Day), who has difficulties to relate with girls and wants to move from his house. Ari introduces Michael to Mia and Alice and they invite him to their party. Along the night, Mia and Danny resolve their issues while Alice and Michael find that they have many points in common."Love and Other Catastrophes" is a dull, but entertaining low-budget movie. The story is extremely simple and boring in some moments, like for example, when Mia is fighting against the stupid bureaucracy of her university. Nevertheless, the cast is extremely charismatic and shows chemistry, and the young actors and actresses have great performances. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "Amor e Outras Catástrofes" ("Love and Other Catastrophes")
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