A dead set Aussie classic. Two high mates Deb (Nell Schofield) and Sue (Jad Capelja) navigate surfing spunks, fish-faced moles and interfering olds in this coming of age comedy/drama.
It is raw, rough and brutally honesty in regard to it’s depiction of life and in particular gender politics for Sydney high schoolers, where within the surf hierarchy of the Sutherland Shire, girls are good only for a root and to fetch a chiko roll and dimmies afterward. The gradual wake-up to the absolute shithouse behaviour of the blokes, feels a natural progression for both Deb and Sue, considering their experience throughout and amounts to a pretty satisfying finale.
For all its decidedly adult, yet unmistakably teenage thematic trauma, Puberty Blues is handled with an always welcome level of blunt Aussie humour and it’s nice to know that some of the slang of the era still lives on today through within the bogan vocabulary.
A dead set Aussie classic. Two high mates Deb (Nell Schofield) and Sue (Jad Capelja) navigate surfing spunks, fish-faced moles and interfering olds in this coming of age comedy/drama.
It is raw, rough and brutally honesty in regard to it’s depiction of life and in particular gender politics for Sydney high schoolers, where within the surf hierarchy of the Sutherland Shire, girls are good only for a root and to fetch a chiko roll and dimmies afterward. The gradual wake-up to the absolute shithouse behaviour of the blokes, feels a natural progression for both Deb and Sue, considering their experience throughout and amounts to a pretty satisfying finale.
For all its decidedly adult, yet unmistakably teenage thematic trauma, Puberty Blues is handled with an always welcome level of blunt Aussie humour and it’s nice to know that some of the slang of the era still lives on today through within the bogan vocabulary.
