One Valentine's evening a group of single, dateless friends get together to play Trivial Pursuit. Brett (Guy Pearce), a friend of the host from Melbourne, has just landed a job as presenter of a TV gossip show. He is brash and self-confident. Tash (Claudia Karvan) is a science journalist for a national newspaper, studious, intense and self-conscious. They have nothing in common, so naturally they get it together.
A year later and Brett's career is going well, there is the possibility of a job in New York and popularity has gone to his head. Tash is still trying to write serious scientific articles for a paper more interested in gossip and sex and struggling to prevent her articles being buried on page 12. Their relationship is on the rocks. That night during a Valentine's boat trip on Sydney Harbour, an argument ensues and Brett decides he has had enough and ends the relationship. Tash tells him: 'I wish you could be me, so you could see how I feel for once. I wish I could be you, so I could show you what an idiot you've become!'.
That night is a full moon and fate decides to lend a hand. They wake to find that each is in the other's body. A month of each pretending to be the other ensues and they have to learn what it's really like to be in the other person's shoes. Tash has to try to keep Brett's high-profile career on track. Brett is so bored by Tash's job, he ends up trying to make science sexy. Each learns to appreciate the other as only together can they make this enforced predicament work out.
The film was co-financed by French distributor Pandora Film.
ReceptionEdit
One review described Dating the Enemy as: "A fast and funny look at relationships in the 90s, the smash-hit romantic comedy 'Dating the Enemy' brings a whole new meaning to the battle of the sexes."[1]
SoundtrackEdit
The soundtrack includes the OMC song "Right On". The original video for "Right On" features clips from the movie.
Box officeEdit
Dating The Enemy grossed $2,620,325 at the box office in Australia,[2] which is equivalent to $3,668,455 in 2009 AS dollars.
Dating The Enemy at the National Film and Sound Archive
Dating the Enemy at Oz Movies
October 17, 2023
dating, enemy, dating, enemy, 1996, australian, comedy, about, recently, broken, couple, mystically, swap, bodies, have, live, each, other, directed, bymegan, simpson, hubermanwritten, bymegan, simpson, hubermanstarringguy, pearceclaudia, karvanjohn, howardmat. Dating The Enemy is a 1996 Australian comedy about a recently broken up couple who mystically swap bodies and have to live as each other Dating the EnemyDirected byMegan Simpson HubermanWritten byMegan Simpson HubermanStarringGuy PearceClaudia KarvanJohn HowardMatt DayRelease date1996 1996 Running time97 minutesCountryAustraliaLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Reception 5 Soundtrack 6 Box office 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksPlot EditOne Valentine s evening a group of single dateless friends get together to play Trivial Pursuit Brett Guy Pearce a friend of the host from Melbourne has just landed a job as presenter of a TV gossip show He is brash and self confident Tash Claudia Karvan is a science journalist for a national newspaper studious intense and self conscious They have nothing in common so naturally they get it together A year later and Brett s career is going well there is the possibility of a job in New York and popularity has gone to his head Tash is still trying to write serious scientific articles for a paper more interested in gossip and sex and struggling to prevent her articles being buried on page 12 Their relationship is on the rocks That night during a Valentine s boat trip on Sydney Harbour an argument ensues and Brett decides he has had enough and ends the relationship Tash tells him I wish you could be me so you could see how I feel for once I wish I could be you so I could show you what an idiot you ve become That night is a full moon and fate decides to lend a hand They wake to find that each is in the other s body A month of each pretending to be the other ensues and they have to learn what it s really like to be in the other person s shoes Tash has to try to keep Brett s high profile career on track Brett is so bored by Tash s job he ends up trying to make science sexy Each learns to appreciate the other as only together can they make this enforced predicament work out Cast EditGuy Pearce as Brett Tash Claudia Karvan as Tash Brett John Howard as Davis Matt Day as Rob Lisa Hensley as LaetitiaProduction EditThe film was co financed by French distributor Pandora Film Reception EditOne review described Dating the Enemy as A fast and funny look at relationships in the 90s the smash hit romantic comedy Dating the Enemy brings a whole new meaning to the battle of the sexes 1 Soundtrack EditThe soundtrack includes the OMC song Right On The original video for Right On features clips from the movie Box office EditDating The Enemy grossed 2 620 325 at the box office in Australia 2 which is equivalent to 3 668 455 in 2009 AS dollars See also EditIt s a Boy Girl Thing a similar movieReferences Edit Review Film Victoria Australian Films at the Australian Box Office PDF Archived from the original PDF on 18 February 2011 Retrieved 7 November 2010 External links EditDating the Enemy at IMDb Dating the Enemy at Rotten Tomatoes Dating The Enemy at the National Film and Sound Archive Dating the Enemy at Oz Movies Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dating the Enemy amp oldid 1176773994, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
