John Duigan’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
John Duigan has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2000s.
Recurring themes

EverAfter
1998
Drama · Romance

Uptown Girls
2003
Comedy · Drama

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
1995
Comedy · Drama

Swing Vote
2008
Comedy · Drama

Where the Heart Is
2000
Comedy · Drama

Angel-A
2005
Romance · Comedy

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
2005
Drama · Comedy

Emma
1996
Comedy · Drama
In the affluent, gated community of Camelot Gardens, bored wives indiscriminately sleep around while their unwitting husbands try desperately to climb the social ladder. Trent, a 21-year-old outsider who mows the neighborhood lawns, quietly observes the infidelities and hypocrisies of this overly privileged society. When Devon, a 10-year-old daughter from one family, forges a friendship with Trent, things suddenly get very complicated.
Dir. John Duigan · With Sam Rockwell, Mischa Barton, Christopher McDonald

In 1930s Australia, Anglican clergyman Anthony Campion and his prim wife, Estella, are asked to visit noted painter Norman Lindsay, whose planned contribution to an international art exhibit is considered blasphemous. While Campion and Lindsay debate, Estella finds herself drawn to the three beautiful models sitting for the painter's current work, freethinking Sheela, sensual Pru and virginal Giddy.
Dir. John Duigan · With Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Sam Neill

A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law abiding lives they are now living to recover the evidence that will save him.
Dir. John Duigan · With Steve Coogan, Lena Headey, Ben Miller

Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic lifestyle and her burgeoning career as a photographer. But Guy and Mia feel impelled to join the fight against fascism, and the three friends are separated.
Dir. John Duigan · With Charlize Theron, Penélope Cruz, Stuart Townsend