Fionn O'Shea

Lola Petticrew

Sharon Horgan

Barry Ward

Simone Kirby

Evan O'Connor

Ian O'Reilly

Emma Willis

Lauryn Canny

Art Campion

Ally Ní Chiárain

Arian Nik

Anastasia Blake

Shaun Dunne

Adam Carolan

Tara Flynn

Andrew Bennett

Jonny Woo

Karl Rice

Shauna Higgins

Dillon Potter Stapleton

Hannah O'Reilly

Caroline Quinn

Brian Kearns

Corey Millar

Stephen Rennicks

Trevor Murphy

David Freyne

Will Clarke

Andy Mayson

Rachael O'Kane

Mike Runagall

Joe Sawyer

Neill Treacy

Louise Kiely

Katrien Frenssen

Shirley Talbot

Ruairí O'Brien

John Keville

Benoît Roland

Rory Dungan

Dearbhla Regan

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Dating Amber

Atomic 80

Wrong Men

Belgium

Ireland

English

high school

friendship

london, england

lgbt

gay theme

lesbian

fake couple

sentimental

SWITCH.

'Dating Amber' will tug those gay heartstrings and make you laugh along the way. It's a fabulous watch, offering a new voice in the ever-growing queer cinematic landscape.
- Chris dos Santos

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This is quite a refreshingly clever coming-of age story with Fionn O'Shea ("Eddie") and Lola Petticrew ("Amber") as two gay teenagers who hit upon the perfect ploy to make sure they are left in peace by their classmates: they decide to date each other! Their cunning plan deceives all their mates and even engenders quite a bit of jealousy from some of his pals whilst giving them a perfect cover. He is a bit smitten with his quite hunky teacher; she wants to escape it all to go to London and be a punk. It's a touching little yarn, with two enjoyable performances from both as they come to terms with living and coming out (or not!) in a small Irish community very much un-used to things gay back in the mid 1990s. I haven't a religious bone in my body, so cannot testify to the accuracy of the representations David Freyne makes of the church, but the Catholic nun's sex education video is remarkably plausible (and bigoted). The writing and directing is uncomplicated. There is no bullying or oppressiveness which maybe doesn't lend too much to it's authenticity, but it does to it's charm. It isn't a gritty warts-and-all story of sexual evolution; it's a frequently comical story of two kids coming to terms with who they are and what they want from life. Like any of us knew at that age....

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Dating Amber( 2020)

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Written by SWITCH. on Mon Feb 15 2021

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