Rain (2001)

Very well executed

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

This film is one of my favourite's.Directing and performance are all suburb.Captures a sense place so well, viewers will feel like they are there. I feel like I've physically been to this paradise. Swam. Partied.The lead cast are children and they display intelligence and maturity which makes the film.The script has been communicated so poignantly, be prepared to feel some goosebumps. This film will either take you back to your summer holidays or if you know a little paradise similar, make you need to go there.Superb film.

I will admit firsthand that the main draw for me to this movie was Marton Csokas, who is quite possibly the sexiest man alive. That said, I will focus on the fact that this movie had me laughing and crying, entranced and disturbed. While some people like to focus on Janie's irresponsible (and troubling) actions leading to Jim's death, what about mom & dad? Why isn't anyone blaming them? I was a little bothered by the sight of a young girl seducing a grown man, yet the embarrassing desperation of the mother's need for sex with Cady was also difficult to watch. Janie, in my opinion, was a little girl who was jealous of her mom, and made up her mind to be more alluring to Cady. I thought all the cast was wonderful, but back to Marton. Can any man exude raw sex better than Mr. Csokas? I only know that just watching him kiss a woman got my heart racing, and I would have loved to feel those lips on mine. Overall, this is a movie filled with emotions of every kind, and I highly recommend it to everyone.

Like most of the other posters here, I loved Rain for most of the movie--no, it's nothing earth-shattering, but then, most coming-of-age stories aren't. The young lead does a great job portraying a somewhat cliched character (young girl who "seduces" older man because she feels boys her age are immature), giving her an amount of vehemence that is startling at times.Unfortunately, there's the ending which has already been mentioned, so I won't spoil it again. However, I will say that, with the current ending, it pretty much negates any importance the movie would have had. If the filmmaker's were adamant about keeping that part of the story, if that's what they thought was important, then I feel that the whole movie could have been done in ten minutes. In fact, I've seen several movies that begin where this movie leaves off. 2.5 out of 5 stars

Rain is the type of New Zealand movie that New Zealanders love. Slice of Kiwiana presented with high art mixed with bleakness.People have berated the double barreled ending as contrived but it is also symbolic. Janey comes of age through one event and is hit home that she can't go back through the other.The acting is great. And the cinematography almost steals the show.Kiwi batch life is presented in full force. A young girl's all too fast growing up because of the parents selfishness is presented with only a hint of sentimentality and emotional manipulation.