Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger (2008)
Seen on DVD 17th Sept 2008

Australian film as it SHOULD be.

Written and Directed by Cathy Randall

STORY: 6/7
Esther Blueburger (Danielle Catanzaritti) is a young jewish girl who is about to have her Bar-Mitzvah. She is extremely unpopular at her private school and her family don't listen to her, this is, until she meets Sunni (Keisha Castle-Hughes.) Sunni attends the local public school and is a bit of a trouble maker. After things get too hard to deal with, Esther decides she'll go to school with Sunni instead.

ACTING: 5.5/7
Keisha Castle-Hughes and Toni Collette are ALWAYS amazing, in fact, i'd be surprised to see them do something bad. Newcomer Danielle Catanzariti is an absolute PLEASURE to watch. She manages to somehow be the most adorable kid on screen, and still carry that naive, insecurity that haunts the character. I'm gonna give a special mention to Essie Davis who played Esther's mother. She was so great in her character.

* Sunni and Esther at school *

SCORE / SOUND: 6.5/7
The soundtrack to this movie is so so so gooood!
The place to start would probably be Paul Mac and Bertie Blackman's "The Only One." This song is pure pop goodness and is ABSOLUTELY amazing. If you don't end up sionging along, then there must be something wrong with you. The rest of the soundtrack is a lot of cool Australian music, including a song sung by none other than the movie's star Danielle Catanzariti (man it's a fun name)

* Paul Mac and Bertie Blackman - The Only One *



OVERALL: 6.5/7

I love any movie that let's me SERIOUSLY say: I laughed, I cried, I learned.
This movie has some high points that will have you laughing out loud, and low points that will seriously have you sick to the stomach.