Turn Me On, Dammit! (2011) poster
2011 · drama · comedy

Turn Me On, Dammit!

Directed by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen1h 16m2011
ElsewhereIMDb6.310kRT93%Metacritic70
  • warm
  • gentle
  • intimate
Movie DNA

Warm, steady, gentle drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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In Skoddeheimen, Norway, 15-year-old Alma is consumed by her hormones and fantasies that range from sweetly romantic images of Artur, the boyfriend she yearns for, to daydreams about practically everybody she lays eyes on.

Our read · Turn Me On, Dammit! (2011) reads as a warm, steady, grounded drama · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a frank, funny Norwegian teen film about female desire without Hollywood gloss.

ends ambiguousit stays with youa slow buildgrips by minute 12attention 4/5breezes bysubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upnuditycringe humiliation

Skip it tonightYou're uncomfortable with teen sexuality, coarse humor, or watching with parents nearby.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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