| Rain (2001) | Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki, Sarah Peirse "Starts out promising for fans of the coming of age theme, as young Fulford-Wierzbicki, playing a 13-year-old, lights up and seems to inhale (it's pretty dark) before leaving the frame in an early party scene. Her mother sees her and says something like 'That cigarette's for me, right?' so Alicia gives her the cigarette. Ten minutes later, she asks someone for a cigarette and takes it, but says 'I'll save it for later.' But despite the fact that a primary theme of this New Zealand film is her loss of innocence, as she tries drinking and sexual flirtation, etc., she never smokes or holds again. Her mother, who's less attractive and drinks too much, smokes once in a while." "Fulford-Wierzbicki takes one drag from a cigarette on the porch in a scene 50 minutes into the movie"
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