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‘Babyteeth’ review: terminally-ill teen in class-crossed romance down under

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Young-adult romances are often so stifled by genre conventions that Babyteeth immediately feels distinctive just by mashing several different romance types together.

It’s partially about a well-behaved teenage girl named Milla (Eliza Scanlen from Sharp Objects) who falls for a drug-dealing bad boy named Moses (Toby Wallace), much to the chagrin of her well-to-do parents Henry (Ben Mendelsohn) and Anna (Essie Davis).

The extent of their disapproval becomes clearer when it’s revealed that Milla is also seriously ill, and Moses provides her with temporary respite and distraction, like a dirtbag variation on The Fault in Our Stars.

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