The first film I've seen from Norway, Turn Me On, Dammit! is a comedy about a 15-year-old girl named Alma with raging hormones. She masturbates, she fantasizes, she calls phone sex lines (creating a steep bill for her poor mother) and she steals a porn mag from her workplace (she only got the job to pay her phone bill). She seems unable to tell the difference between her fantasies and reality, becoming an outcast when she tells everyone Artur, a boy she likes, poked her with his penis at a party. Surprisingly, it turns out she does know what's real and what isn't, because he really did that.
Turn Me On, Dammit! might be funnier in Norwegian than English. The two parts I found particularly funny are when she frankly explains the phone bill to her shocked mother, and the ending where she asks her if Artur can sleep over (her mother says no). The whole film has a quirky feel to it, though, and never stops being entertaining. With a little colour and some brutal honesty, Turn Me On, Dammit! is worth a look.
Turn Me On, Dammit! might be funnier in Norwegian than English. The two parts I found particularly funny are when she frankly explains the phone bill to her shocked mother, and the ending where she asks her if Artur can sleep over (her mother says no). The whole film has a quirky feel to it, though, and never stops being entertaining. With a little colour and some brutal honesty, Turn Me On, Dammit! is worth a look.