Careless
Love is a drama about Linh
(Nammi Le), a university
student in Sydney who
seems very studeous, but
in fact hides a secret.
Three nights a week, she
is an escort. Linh is
doing this because her
family is having problems
paying the mortgage for
their house since her
father lost her job. Over
time she develops various
relationships with men,
including Luke (Peter
O'Brien), an American 'art
dealer' who pays for an
extra session outside of
her work time and Seb
(Hugo Johnstone-Burt), who
she tries to avoid as he
seems to want more. Her
flatmate Carol (Penny
McNamee) introduces her to
Jack (Andrew Hazzard) and
Linh falls in love with
him, so much so that they
move in together. But,
Linh still has that secret
and it's about to blow up
big time, even when she
quits escorting when her
father gets a job. And the
fallout is going to be
big.
Solid, if unspectacular
drama from director John
Duigan (whose films
feature regularly here
including recently Mouth
To Mouth). Takes a while
to get going, its second
half is far more
interesting than its first
half, but is driven by a
pretty good lead
performance by Nammi Le
and a pretty cheeky one
from Ivy Mak as her fellow
escort.
Scoop's
note: John Duigan is the
guy who directed Sirens
and Lawn Dogs.
Here's the pic
that Alison
Pill posted on
Twitter
yesterday
Keri Russell
gets caught in
the rain. No
nudity, but
nice.
Here's
Elizabeth
Olsen on the
set of Very
Good Girls. I
gather that
this is a
"topless"
scene which
will be
photographed
from behind
her. The other
girl is former
child star
Dakota
Fanning.
Barbara
Hershey in The
Entity. Except
it isn't. It's
a combination
of body
doubling and
prosthetics.
The double
doesn't even
look like her.
Great scene,
though.
