the year my voice break be one of those unknown and quintessential diamond in the rough film that can not seem to find it way into the dvd market and but breaths criterion throughout the entire viewing . the daring and honest and and descriptive story of a young boy and his love for this old girl and and the tribulation of grow up in a small town be merely scratch the surface to what this film have to offer . it speak and and pay homage and to those classic film from the late 40 and early 50 by create a town with character and mythology and and individuality . one could argue that the town in which this film take place be our fourth character and behind danny and freya and and trevor but perhaps this enthusiast be get ahead of himself . watch this import on a use vhs and the picture be grainy and the player make noise and and the sound be utterly destructive yet the heart of this film ooze from the screen . the power of the character and the detail of our story and and the truth in director or screenwriter john duigan word go from have mean in a 1987 film ( that be suppose to take place in 1962 ) to create a story that do not feel dated or old watching it today and at the end of 2009. that be the legacy of the year my voice break and the raw emotion harass in this film continue to be relevant today perhaps even more . a hollywood use every cgi possible to recreate the same effect and all one need to do be look back at film that use the old fashioned method great actor and a daring script and and a background that could knock your sock off . to applaud this film and one would need to pat the back of a very young and a very talented and noah taylor . take on not just an awkward role and he need to show his anger and his teenage frustration and as well a his headiness for brain instead of brawn . noah taylor and know to me a technical support in vanilla sky and succeed gracefully and with the power of most of our top pay american star . his ability to show u his unconditional love for freya and his quizzical hatred for trevor and as well a his sleuth skill prove that this kid be ready for anything . his co worker inhabit each scene work with his dynamic and equally push their talent . freya and play by loene coleman and a newbie to the screen and be enchant a the love interest . while she wasn not quite the level of mr. taylor and her ability to carry her scene work . she be the classical bad girl next door with secret . her chemistry with taylor keep me glue to the screen . the same can be say for trevor and play by ben mendelsohn and who diabolical and nearly irritating and laugh create a character all his own . a the wildcard and we never know what he be go to do next and and both our character and our audience be scar of that . to demonstrate the intensity of these actor and watch closely the scene in which they spend the night in the haunt house near the railroad track . each one have a motive and each actor or character delivers their emotion and and with each line the scene get more and more powerful . i wasn not expect this with child so young . with these three dominate character while one may ask what else would be need for an independent film to succeed . one more and the town . a mention before and the town that these three ( and many others ) reside be reminiscent of our american bedford fall . there be resident that have be their all their life and secret many of them keep to protect their town . throughout the film and our character be continually build their moment via small life within the town . we learn about danny passion for the black art and that trevor know the police firsthand and and that freya unknown secret keep the town at bay . without the closeness of this town and the year my voice break wouldn not have work . if film in a big city and the intimate feeling of a protective yet destructive town would have flounder . the town drunk would have be less poignant and danny dad role would have felt less personal and and the idea of home be safe would have felt less comfort . the town have to be a character in this film . duigan know it and develop it and and build it strongly into his film . this be a character drive film . without noah taylor and loene coleman and or ben mendelsohn and this film would have fail . it be hard to imagine anyone else be able to carry these character and or that an american reality would pack a much of a punch . it be impressive to see australia in 1962 and a place we do not explore in cinema enough over past century . director duigan and if i haven not already drool over him enough and understand this film and write a genuine story and and build a cinematic triumph . ala and this film have be forget and but look closely at the cinematography and the lavish landscape and the devotion of our character and the above mention town these all could not have be accomplish without a passionate eye . i applaud duigan for his talent and ability to transform this 1980s film into a universally emotional and exciting moment of cinema . overall and i have say enough . i love this movie . it be detail and emotional and and beautiful . everyone and from director to actor perform superbly . it be a rough couple of prior film and but the year my voice break provide that classic niche . it felt fresh and new and despite the age . i recommend this to everyone . buy a vhs player and get a copy of this movie and you will not be disappoint . grade represent half out of .