Three talented mainstays of Australian cinema keep this flimsy wisp of tristesse from floating away, and Frances O'Connor and Cate Blanchett in particular appear to be having great fun with their roles. Just when bachelor Guy Jamieson (Richard Roxburgh) is about to throw in the towel, he meets the ideal woman, Lizzie (Cate Blanchett), while trying to locate the owner of an abandoned cat. He proposes marriage a few weeks later. But as the wedding day approaches, Guy can't stop thinking about his first love, Jenny (Frances O'Connor), a firebrand who rocked Guy's world and was in every way the opposite of calm, collected upper-class Lizzie. Despite their genuine emotion...
Released:
1997
Rated:
R
Length:
90 mins