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This movie is kind of like going to your favourite holiday spot, you know what your'e going to get when you arrive but the drive is wonderful.

The story of a dysfunctional family as they try and cope with 'life' as it currently presents itself to them.

The film carries this emotional melancholy which the actors use to float through the events they are met with.

Not dramatic for the sake of it, no epic speeches, just the honest (feeling) expressions of emotions.

Its a very worthwhile film.

I started this movie thinking what am I actually watching here and was thinking it was gonna be a waste of time but it ended up surprising me greatly. It is very weird and a little slow to start with but as the story unfolds you start to warm to all the characters and feel their pain.

It's a great Australian movie that deserves more celebration

It's told from all the characters perspective as they deal with this journey of tragedy and loss with git and rawness.

This storyline has been told time and again but not like this. A great story told so differently that it was unexpected and raw and fantastic.

Well acted but very depressing.

Eliza Scanlan gives a fascinating performance as a young woman who's going through cancer treatment and falls for a drug addict who may or may not be good for her. Her parents (Essie Davis and Ben Mendelsohn) are dysfunctional and unraveling and have drug problems of their own. They don't like her daughter's boyfriend and under normal circumstances probably wouldn't tolerate him. But he's the only thing that brings their daughter some respite from the hell she's going through, so they sort of adopt him as their own.

"Babyteeth" is a coming of age movie that's set apart from others like it because of the protagonist's existential crisis. Scanlan's character is as immature in some ways as any sixteen year old, but at the same time is being asked to summon up reserves of maturity to deal with the ultimate curve ball life has to throw at us. How do you balance the emotional and hormonal ups and downs of teen romance with the possibility of your impending death?

The film is a bit monotonous in tone and starts to feel like a grind after a while. But again, it's worth seeing for the performances and for the unsentimental treatment of the subject matter that would have possibly segued into the maudlin in different hands. The ending scene is the most devastating thing I've seen in a movie this year.

Grade: B+

This movie is pure love. It captured everything. I am so grateful for art like this to exist and to remind us we are alive. I think it's the best music I've ever heard in a movie in years. It is a masterpiece because it used everything this very diverse form of art has to offer to deliver such a palpable, direct, honest, and real taste of the beauty inherent to life and love. I'm always shocked when I discover a movie like this, stunned by the clarity and the truth of the vision it offers. Watch it, live it. Thanks to everybody involved in this piece of art.

Take any of the characters, they all behave legitimately from their perspective, a result of their personal and social circumstance.

A teenage girl on chemo befriends a rogue, much to her parents dismay and their own dysfunctional relationship. A film about how we interact, with ourselves and with others. Beautifully performed, written and directed.