Sweet Talker (1991)

Directed by

Michael Jenkins

Genre

comedy, romance

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A charming ex-con uses his gift of gab to scam a small town but ends up forming connections with a single mother and her son. The film explores these relationships in a low-stakes, comedic way.

lightheartedgentlewarmwhimsicaleasygoingsoftquirkyunassuming

What happens

Sweet Talker is a 1991 comedy film starring Bryan Brown and Karen Allen. It was directed by Michael Jenkins who later described it as: A real general audience film, a fairly gentle film about some relationships, almost father-son relationships, single mum relationship with her son. It's not what I would call a film that has major clout to it. It's an entertainment film, but what it says is not bad. It's a soft film - it doesn't really go out there pretending it's saying anything world-shattering... In this industry quite a few things are haphazard. Sweet Talker is one of the more haphazard projects that has come along. The film's soundtrack, scored and performed by British singer/songwriter Richard Thompson was released by Capitol Records the same year the film was released. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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