This is my all time Favorite Movie "My Brilliant career" Wow I LOVE it. I can relate to the character 'Sybylla' very well!!!! What a strong woman yayy!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE it :) :)
And yes, roll on the DVD for this Movie!!!!!!
"It's nice to be important, But it's more important to be nice!! :)
I just watched it today. The ending surprised me - very non-Hollywood.
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office - Aesop
Haha I just watched this with my mum and we thought it was completely depressing. Who in their right mind would give up Sam Neill to write a book? I'm sorry but that's just not kosher..
shareDon't forget how young the protagonist was. Judy Davis didn't look it, but I believe the character was supposed to be 15 or 16. It doesn't seem unreasonable at all for a sixteen year old to want to spend a couple of years inventing herself. Perhaps a 30 year old would try to invent a way to combine marriage and career, but in practice, this was an extremely difficult thing for pre-modern woman to be able to do.
shareWhat? How can this be anyone's favorite movie? This was beyond disjointed and uneven.
Sybylla was a self centered and lazy young woman who decided to lie instead of tell people the truth about herself. Perhaps she did not understand herself at all.
yes, she said "I want a career." But she continued to lead people on and act absolutely ridiculous.
And I am getting sick of people saying a movie without a happy ending is brilliant.
GMAB.
This movie was boring. Sybylla should have been honest and said
"I want to live alone because I don't want the work of a husband, a home, and children. I want to lay around all day, writing and pretend I am talented."
That would have a been a refreshing non Hollywood ending. And it would have been the truth. And in that case NO ONE would have wooed her.
The only reason Sam Neill dated her was her grandmother had money.
I love this movie too. It was just sublime. I loved the ending too. It's nice to see a "happy" ending that isn't a traditional Hollywood happy ending.
shareYes I totally agree. I love the ending, ok some may think its a bit non Hollywood which I agree it is , but, I admire this character for her strong willingness to achieve what she wants no matter what! and that to me is a "happy" ending. Yayyyyyyyyyyy I love that, go women!
"It's nice to be important, But it's more important to be nice!! :)
Needed to study this film because it's supposedly feminist...
shareI saw it in the theater when I was 17 and it was just sublime.
Its the only movie I've gone to see over and over. (4times)
I think it perfectly portrays the state of mind of a 16/17 year old.
People on this thread keep talking of how lazy she was. Obviously, they
have no idea what happens in creative and talented peoples' brains.
Lookin lazy does not mean the brain is working at full speed.
For a writer, the appearance is even more lazy.
Judy Davis also deals with career choices in Woody Allen's "Celebrity"
She is absolutely incredible. (Bebe Newirth should have gotten an oscar
for her supporting role. Death defying!)