Everyone wants Australian films to be successful and so watching this I wanted to like it. I really did.
However, the reality is the plot is basic at best, the acting average at best and unfortunately it's all too predictable. I appreciate such a concept is a risk with Australian audiences and good on them for having a go...but they fail miserably. Indeed the script really doesn't allow the audience to identify with many of the characters and it's all wrapped up so quickly at the end (again, predictably) that you're left wondering why you didn't leave half way through.
Kudos to Maeve Dermody who carries the cast but all round this would be better going straight to DVD. How it got funding will be one of life's great mysteries.
However, the reality is the plot is basic at best, the acting average at best and unfortunately it's all too predictable. I appreciate such a concept is a risk with Australian audiences and good on them for having a go...but they fail miserably. Indeed the script really doesn't allow the audience to identify with many of the characters and it's all wrapped up so quickly at the end (again, predictably) that you're left wondering why you didn't leave half way through.
Kudos to Maeve Dermody who carries the cast but all round this would be better going straight to DVD. How it got funding will be one of life's great mysteries.