21 Jump Street

Three quarters of the way into 21 Jump Street the comedy gets so bad that it should be renamed 21 Dump Street. The film that begins with some smart and really funny humour falls apart as the script becomes littered with gags that you feel would even make Seth Rogen blush.The film begins with Schmidt (Jonah Hill – The Sitter, Moneyball) and Jenko (Channing Tatum – The Vow, Haywire) in high school. Jenko is the popular jock while Schmidt is the ignored loser.

Then at Police Academy the two become friends but find that both are failures at being cops in their own ways. After a massive stuff up during an arrest they are both shifted to a squad run by Captain Dickson (Ice Cube – Rampart, Lottery Ticket), a secret squad housed at 21 Jump Street.

The pair are soon sent into a High School to explore the sale of a drug that has recently been linked to the death of a young boy. This time around Jenko finds that he doesn’t fit into the school while Schmidt is quickly accepted into the ‘cool group’ that consists of Molly (Brie Larson – Rampart, The Trouble With Bliss), Eric (Dave Franco – Bad Meat, Fright Night) and their friends.

Early on the humour in 21 Jump Street works exceptionally well. Gags that make fun of the fact that the film is a re-hash are guaranteed to raise a smile amongst even serious film goers while the explanations of clichéd characters like Captain Dickson show that Jonah Hill and fellow screenwriter Michael Bacall (Project X, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World) had some idea where they wanted the script to go… despite the fact that hardened fans of the TV show will tell you that it was a drama.

But then the film falls away into a horrible mess. The comedy ceases being intelligent and turns dangerously juvenile and to top it all off the storyline and action simply becomes completely unbelievable… a shame when you realize the film was on track early.

On the plus side Channing Tatum really steps up in this film and he can hold his head high as he holds his own in the comedy stakes despite the fact he is acting alongside Jonah Hill – one of the most talented comedic actors of the new generation. It is also good to see that Johnny Depp (The Rum Diary, Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) made a cameo… and in a role that you really have to look out for to spot early on.

Directors, Phil Lord and and Chris Miller (Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, TV’S Clone High) may want to lay low for a while because there will be some angry 21 Jump Street TV show fans looking for blood. Ultimately this is a film that could have been a great comedy but is let down by screenwriters that don’t know how to finish off a film properly.  

Year: 2012

Director: Chris Miller, Phil Lord

Stars: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Ice Cube, Johnny Depp

Classification: MA15+

Runtime: 109 mins

Rating:

Dave Griffiths


The Rum Diary

Should we be scared off by the fact that The Rum Diary did so poorly at the U.S. box office? Surely that makes it a terrible film… right? Wrong! We’ll probably never know why even the presence of the great Johnny Depp (21 Jump Street, Rango) couldn’t inspire Americans to want to view it in the cinema, but the one thing The Rum Diary ain’t is a poor film.

Depp plays plays Kemp a hard-drinking journalist that is so short of job prospects that he takes up a position at a besieged paper in San Juan, Puerto Rico. And while he might be living in paradise his life is anything but.

His hot-headed editor, Lotterman (Richard Jenkins – Friends With Benefits, Hall Pass) forces him to give up drinking. Then there is the fact that he has fallen head-over-heels in love with the beautiful, Chenault (Amber Heard – Drive Angry, The Ward) who is dating the extremely rich, Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart – World Invasion: Battle L.A., Rabbit Hole) who is cashing in on the fact that 1960s Puerto Rico is underdeveloped.

The one thing Kemp does enjoy though is getting to work with characters like Sala (Michael Rispoli – The Reunion, Union Square) and Moberg (Giovanni Ribisi – Contraband, Avatar), and he feels this is the perfect environment for him to finally find his writer’s voice.

Director/screenwriter, Bruce Robinson (Jennifer Eight, How To Get Ahead In Advertising) has done a wonderful job converting Hunter S. Thompson’s to the big screen. And while the film largely works you should be warned that there are few scenes (such as the drug taking scene) that seem largely out of place.

The key to The Rum Diary working is the characters. Characters such as Kemp, Sala and Moberg are some of the strangest characters to ever grace the big screen, yet you instantly love them… and that is saying something considering one is a virtual walking zombie who loves listening to Hitler’s speeches on vinyl. And that is why the film works… you want to see these characters achieve their goals.

Depp, Ribisi and Rispoli are all sensational and Eckhart seems to lap up the role of getting to play the greedy bad guy. Also announcing herself is Amber Heard who has to do more than just look pretty this time around. To her credit she shows that there is a ton of acting ability under that beautiful exterior.

The Rum Diary is a little strange in parts but ultimately it mixes just the right amount of comedy and drama to make it something special… this is a film that has all the markings of becoming a cult classic.

Year: 2012

Director: Bruce Robinson

Stars: Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Amber Heard, Richard Jenkins, Giovanni Ribisi

Classification: M

Runtime: 119 mins

Rating:

Dave Griffiths


Delicacy

Delicacy is a delightful surprise in the world of romantic comedies, as it seems to point out all the flaws in the Hollywood rom-coms that flood our screens. It certainly doesn’t seem like that was the films intent but in a funny way that is the end result.

The film begins with sadness when Nathalie (Audrey Tautou – Beautiful Lies, Coco Avant Chanel) loses the love of her life Francois (Piro Marmai – A Happy Event, Contre Toi) in an unexpected accident. Francois was close to be the perfect man, he was thoughtful, attractive, intelligent and was completely devoted to Nathalie.

Nathalie slumps into depression and locks herself away from the world. She shuts herself off from family and friends and concentrates on her work. There are potential suitors including Nathalie’s sleazy boss, Charles (Bruno Todeschini – Bankable, Switch) but Nathalie swats them all away.

So it comes as some surprise to everyone including Nathalie when out of the blue she kisses her awkward Swedish colleague, Markus (Francois Damiens – Torpedo, The Rabbi’s Cat). None is more surprised than Markus, why would such a beautiful woman be interested in him?

Director David Foenkinos’ (Une Historie De Pieds) screenplay takes a huge swipe at modern society. What is it such a big deal that an attractive woman goes out with an unattractive man. Foenkinos really plays up people’s opinion of Nathalie and Markus getting together in both a comedic and at times serious, hurtful dramatic way. And by highlighting what is wrong with society Foenkinos has also exposed how shallow most rom-coms are by normally only featuring the ‘sexy’ and ‘good-looking’ people of this world.

At times it feels that Delicacy is a little long but Foenkinos seems to always know the perfect time to drop in a bit of comedy and once again draw his audience’s attention back to the screen. The fact that he has made Markus such a lovable character also helps a great deal.

The breath of fresh air here is Francois Damiens who shows more than enough to indicate that he is on his way to becoming one of France’s finest comedic actors. Some of his comedic moments with Tautou will have you in stitches.

Maybe a little overlong but for the most part Delicacy is a comedy that will have you laughing throughout.

Year: 2011

Director: David & Stephane Foenkinos

Stars: Audrey Tautou, Francois Damiens, Bruno Todeschini, Pio Marmai

Classification: CTC

Runtime: 108 mins

Rating:

Delicacy is screening in the 2012 Alliance Francaise French Film Festival which is being held in Sydney (6-25 March), Melbourne (7-25 March), Brisbane (14 March-1 April), Canberra (14 March – 1 April), Adelaide (20 March-8 April), Perth (21 March-9 April)

Dave Griffiths


A Little Bit Of Heaven

A Little Bit Of Heaven should not be written off as yet another unfunny Kate Hudson (Something Borrowed, The Killer Inside Me) rom com… it is anything but. Occasionally Ms. Hudson chooses films with great scripts (think Almost Famous), this is one of those times.

Hudson plays Marley Corbett a successful business woman who is still hurt from the poisonous relationship between her father, Jack (Treat Williams – TV’S Law & Order: Special Victims Unit & Against The Wall) and Beverly (Kathy Bates – Midnight In Paris, You May Not Kiss TheBride), as a result while she will let a man share her bed she won’t let them share her life.

Marley is happy with her life and enjoys spending time with friends such as Sarah (Lucy Punch – Bad Teacher, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy) and Peter (Romany Malco – TV’S Unsupervised & The Good Wife) but all that changes when she learns from Dr. Julian Goldstein (Casa de mi Padre, The Loneliest Planet) that she has cancer.

A meeting with God (Whoopi Goldberg – For Colored Girls, Toy Story 3) reveals that Marley is going to die no matter what miracle cure her other doctor, Dr. Sanders (Alan Dale – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Happy New Year) comes up with. It is time to prepare herself, her parents and her family for the worst.

Aside from the scenes with Whoopi Goldberg being incredibly cheesy screenwriter Gren Wells (2001 MTV Awards) has actually created a good script that seems to bring together a perfect mix of comedy and drama. That added to some nice touches from director, Nicole Kassell (TV’S The Killing & The Closer) makes for a film that at times can genuinely tug at the heart strings as it explores some deep issues.

A Little Bit Of Heaven sits Kate Hudson nearly back to her best. She can’t just laugh her way through this film and she handles the mix of comedy and drama really well. It is obvious that some of the scenes in the film would emotionally affect her but she handles them well and as a result the audience feels a real sorrow for Marley.

Hudson is also well supported by Gael Garcia Bernal who is a surprise choice for a romantic lead in a Hollywood film, but pulls it off remarkably well. Bernal has genuine talent and it is great to see a leading romantic lead actually have the ability to act and not just look pretty throughout the film.

A Little Bit Of Heaven is a pleasant surprise that does have the power to move it’s audience. Give it a chance and you certainly won’t be disappointed.

Year: 2012

Director: Nicole Kassell

Stars: Kate Hudson, Gael Garcia Bernal, Lucy Punch, Kathy Bates, Whoopi Goldberg, Romany Malco, Treat Williams, Alan Dale

Classification: M

Runtime: 100 mins

Rating:

Dave Griffiths


Project X

There will be no in-between ground for Project X. You’ll either love the fact that some filmmakers have decided to go out and try something different or you’ll just see the film as everything that is wrong with today’s younger generation.

Basically the film centres around a group of three unpopular high school boys, Thomas (Thomas Mann – It’s Kind Of A Funny Story, TV’S The Middle), Costa (Oliver Cooper – Marriage Drama With Virginia Madsen, Rick White) and JB (Jonathan Daniel Brown – Blind On Blind, TV’S Pretend Time).

To lift their popularity (especially with the opposite sex) Costa decides to hold a birthday for Thomas, who is more worried about what his parents will say about the party if they find out then his popularity. But when the invite goes viral suddenly the party gets completely out of hand, and worse still Thomas causes damage to his friendship with Kirby (Kirby Bliss Blanton – Ball Don’t Lie, Scar). And the proof is there for all to see as the whole night is captured on video by Dax (Dax Flame – newcomer).

Those that say that Project X lacks creativity are wrong. This is a new breed of film and like most films some of its experimental parts work and some fail. Director, Nima Nourizadeh (first time director) does a great job bringing a fresh look to the film, but thanks to the screenplay the film does fall away in parts.

At times the film is extremely funny (in a crass way that would make even Seth Rogen (For A Good Time Call, 50/50) blush), but some poor characterization and storytelling by the screenwriters brings the film undone at times… there is a spoiler here so beware. The screenwriters set up Thomas’ Dad as a straight-laced, strict suburban Dad so does anyone in there right mind believe that his reaction to Thomas the morning after the party is true to his character?

The storytellers also seem to forget the old film logic that wrongs must be mad right. It almost seems at the end that Thomas, JB and Costa get away with what they have done. Remember Larry Clark (Ken Park, Bully) doesn’t even let his teenagers get away with their crime in Bully… so in film logic these guys should be punished a little more than they actually were. Also remember that this is a film based on the events that happened to Corey Worthington, and in a sense these events ruined his life… that doesn’t seem to be the case with these three… this is a film that really needed a moral payoff.

Still the writers need to be congratulated. The humour will at times have you laughing out loud uncontrollably… especially when the dwarf goes nuts. The script also gives Thomas Mann the opportunity to show that he is the new D.J. Qualls (Running Mates, Amigo) and you can see him doing a lot more ‘teenage’ movies over the years. Oh and check out the good (but oh so obvious) cameo by Miles Teller (Rabbit Hole, Footloose)

Project X isn’t the movie of the year (and will offend some people) but when the humour is working the freshness of the film does appeal. This is also one of the first films that manages to mix that ‘video-clip’ feel with an actual story, and have it work. You have to credit these filmmakers with trying something new, just don’t get sucked into thinking the footage is real like claimed at the start.

Year: 2012

Director: Nima Nourizadeh

Stars: Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Dax Flame, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Miles Teller

Classification: MA15+

Runtime: 88 mins

Rating:

Dave Griffiths


50/50

The response you normally get when you say “hey there is this comedy about cancer coming out” is “a comedy about cancer… that’s wrong” or “a comedy about cancer…are you serious?” Those responses were to be expected but what wasn’t expected was just how good 50/50 was to watch. This is actually a tasteful comedy about cancer that in some ways can educate the public to what it is like to go through a battle with cancer.

Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Inception, Elektra Luxx) and Kyle (Seth Rogen – Paul, The Green Hornet) are not only colleagues but also best friends, although Adam would sometimes deny that, especially when Kyle is criticizing the fact that Adam is dating Rachael (Bryce Dallas Howard – The Help, Hereafter).

Then Adam’s world comes crashing down. Shortly after learning that he has a rare cancer in his back he finds his relationship with Rachael in tatters. Adam must use his own strength to get through the fight while be able to lean on his student-psych, Katherine (Anna Kendrick – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, Scott Pilgrim vs The World), keeping his mother, Diane (Anjelica Huston – Pixie Hollow Games, TV’S Smash) calm and hoping that Kyle can step up and become the friends he has always hoped he can be.

Screenwriter, Will Reiser (Assume The Position 201 With Mr. Wuhl) actually needs to be congratulated for the way his script manages to not only be sensitive to cancer and cancer patients but also remaining laugh-out-loud funny. And its not as if Reiser holds back, some of the comedy sees Seth Rogen at his crassest… and it is guaranteed that you will be laughing hard.

Thankfully for director, Jonathan Levine (The Wackness, All The Boys Love Mandy Lane) the story isn’t too predictable either. Things seem to come out of leftfield and even the friendship between Adam and Katherine runs an unusual path… no stereotypes or clichés to be found anywhere.

The person who really steals the show here is Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Sometimes it becomes easy to forget what a fine actor he is, then along comes a film like 50/50 and ones again you are reminded that he is one of the most underrated actors of our time. He is well supported by Rogen who seems to enjoy the comedy-mixed-with-a-bit-of-meat role. Also stepping up is Anna Kendrick who is showing that she has more to offer than what we have seen in Twilight.

50/50 is a comedy with heart that can also educate loved ones about what it is like to have cancer. This is one of the better comedy to surface in recent times.

Year: 2012

Director: Jonathan Levine

Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston

Classification: MA15+

Runtime: 100 mins

Rating:

Dave Griffiths


One For The Money

Sometimes you just have to wonder what publicity departments are thinking. One For The Money opened in Australia with no advance screenings at all… the result being there was no publicity surrounding it at all. The big question is why? Sure One For The Money may not be one of the best films of the year, but it certainly isn’t one of the worst either.

Based on Janet Evanovich’s series of novels One For The Money finds Stephanie Plum (Katherine Heigl – New Year’s Eve, Life As We Know It) desperate to find a job after the loss of her lingerie-saleswoman position sees her car towed.

A meeting with her cousin Vinnie Plum (Patrick Fischler – TV’S Grimm & Curb Your Enthusiasm) sees her taken on the role of bounty hunter, a job she has no idea how to do but feels will help her make easy cash.

Luckily, fellow bounty hunter, Ranger (Daniel Sunjata – Gone, TV’S Grey’s Anatomy) is around to give her some tips (and also a gun), but he is horrified with the case she takes on first, tracking down cop turned crim, Joe Morelli (Jason O’Mara – TV’S Terra Nova & Your Bad Self), a case that causes her to meet with prostitutes as well as violent crims.

As far as action comedies go One For The Money works. Stephanie is a likeable character and you do find yourself caring what happens to her. The actual ‘crime story’ does work as well, although those used to the genre will see the ending coming a mile away.

Director, Julie Ann Robinson (TV’S Two Broke Girls & Pan Am) does a fine job not allowing the comedy get in the way of the action (and vice versa) but for some reason One For The Money never feels like you are watching movie, it just has that TV-pilot right around it. The sad thing is I actually think this would have worked as a TV show better than a film, but it’s hard to see that happening now.

Katherine Heigl does a fine job in One For The Money, she is certainly better here than she has been in her last couple of films and she is well supported by Jason O’Mara who battles his way through some clichés to put it a credible performance. It is also good to see John Leguizamo (The Lincoln Lawyer, Fugly!) back on the big screen, even though at times he seems to be playing a parody rather than a serious character.

If you don’t expect greatness then One For The Money certainly won’t disappoint. Overall it’s a good crime drama mixed with comedy that is a lot better than the trailer alludes to.

Year: 2012

Director: Julie Anne Robinson

Stars: Katherine Heigl, Jason O’Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguizamo, Patrick Fischler

Classification: M

Runtime: 91 mins

Rating:

Dave Griffiths


This Means War

This looks like an absolute shocker but first views can be deceiving. While this certainly isn’t a film you would describe as great it does in fact generate enough laughs to warrant it as a ‘worthy watch’… just be prepared to suspend your belief a little… well, okay a lot!!!

FDR (Chris Pine – Unstoppable, Smalltown Saturday Night) and Tuck (Tom Hardy – Warrior, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) are both CIA spies who have such a strong friendship that they see each other as brothers. Then one night a mission goes horribly wrong, a man dies and they find themselves out of action for a while. During their ‘down’ time they both decide to take care of their ‘single lives’. Tuck hits an online dating site and finds someone while FDR pursues a woman he meets in a video store… only problem is they are both after the same woman, Lauren (Reese Witherspoon – Water For Elephants, How Do You Know) who after some bad advice from her best friend, Trish (Chelsea Handler – Hop, TV’S Are You There Chelsea) decides to date both men until she can pick one. The two men see it as a competition and try to see who can win over Lauren first… meanwhile they also have the psychotic Heinrich (Til Schweiger – New Year’s Eve, The Three Musketeers) coming after them to avenge his brother’s death.

You do have to suspend belief but believe it or not the screenplay to This Means War does work. It provides some laughs (the highlight being Tuck’s rampage through a paint-balling course) while you are actually left intrigued at whether Lauren will pick FDR or Tuck… and yes it is quite possible that everyone out there will have their fave for whom she should end up with. There are some parts of the script that are cheesy but there are enough good moments to overshadow that.

The massive problem with the film though seems to be director McG (Terminator Salvation, We Are Marshall). It seemed with his recent efforts that his ‘video-clip’ style of storytelling (that plagued Charlie Angels) was over, it creeps back a little bit here, but the more obvious problem at hand seems to be at times that Mr. G forgot that he was directing an action flick and while the comedy worked some of the action sequences seemed really forced… and worse still filmed with obvious green screens. If you’re going to fake something at least make sure it looks real!!! These scenes really standout and drag the film down a lot.

As you would expect the acting isn’t sensational. Reese Witherspoon oozes her way through the film while Chris Pine seems to relish having a mixture of both comedy and action but it’s Hardy who really steps up and shows that he can deliver comedy with the best of them…that’s not something that you would expect to see.

If you can come to terms with the fact that two CIA agents are willing to ‘battle to the death’ for the girl then you’ll cope with this film. Funny in parts, This Means War delivers more than what the poster promised.

Year: 2012

Director: McG

Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Chelsea Handler, Til Schweiger

Classification: M

Runtime: 98 mins

Rating:

Dave Griffiths


Any Questions For Ben?

It’s been a long time between Working Dog having a film on the big screen and after viewing Any Questions For Ben? all I can say is it was certainly worth the wait. This is what a romantic comedy (or should that be romantic drama) should be like! Three dimensional characters (and believable), a good storyline and real enough that you know it hasn’t just been dreamed up by some screenwriter that has read too many Mills & Boon novels.

Ben (Josh Lawson – Crave, TV’S House Of Lies) seems to have everything you could ever dream of. His friends Nick (Daniel Henshall – Snowtown, Bars And Tone) and Andy (Christian Clark – Scumbus, TV’S Home & Away) watch on enviously as he drifts from dream girl to dream girl while doing a job they feel most would kill for. But it takes an embarrassing incident in front of a bunch of school kids for Ben to realise his job isn’t that interesting and worse still he never seems to be able to see anything through… a point that another friend, Emily (Felicity Ward – TV’S Laid & Sleuth 101) is only too happy to point out. Ben’s confusion is only made greater when he meets Alex (Rachael Tayor – The Darkest Hour, Red Dog).

Director Rob Sitch (The Dish, The Castle) along with his fellow Working Dog co-workers Santo Cilauro and Tom Gleisner have yet again done what they have been doing since The Late Show and that is create a near-perfect script that has you laughing all along. Yet like The Castle they also remember that you have to feel for these characters. At a first glance Ben might be an unlikable character, but by the end of the film you really are hoping he can pull his life together and get the girl.

The big winners with Any Questions For Ben? are Josh Lawson and the City Of Melbourne itself. Sitch has captured Melbourne in a way that no other filmmaker ever has. He showcases the fact it is a cosmopolitan heaven and as a result it equals London and New York on the big screen. Meanwhile, the screen allows Lawson to prove what fans of The Librarians have known for a long time – that he is one of Australia’s most genuine and best performing comedic actors.

Lawson is well supported by Felicity Ward and Daniel Henshall who also show that they have more strings in their bow. Ward really steps up from her Ronnie Johns Half Hour days and shows that she belongs on the big screen while Henshall backs up his fine performance in Snowtown with a worthy comedic performance.

If you’re looking for a fluffy romantic comedy you won’t find it here. Instead Any Questions For Ben overcomes a slow start to become a well written romantic drama that shows the rest of the world just how this genre should be done.

Year: 2012

Director: Rob Sitch

Stars: Josh Lawson, Rachael Tayor, Felicity Ward, Daniel Henshall, Christian Clark

Classification: M

Runtime: 114 mins

Rating6:

Dave Griffiths


A Few Best Men

Well it had to happen some day, and now in the form of A Few Best Men Australia finally has a locally-made comedy that works. Mark my words though if you don’t like films such as American Pie or Road Trip then you’re never gonna love this.

British backpacker, David Locking (Xavier Samuel – Anonymous, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) meets Aussie girl, Mia Ramme (Laura Brent – Anima, The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader) while on a tropical island. Totally in love he proposes to her which means he and his best men, Tom (Kris Marshall – Oka!, D.O.A.), Graham (Kevin Bishop – Ma part du gateau, Royal Wedding) and Luke (Tim Draxl – Ivory, Undocumented). This is a nightmare within itself as they soon find themselves meeting Mia’s overbearing politician Dad (Jonathan Biggins – TV’S At Home With Julia & The Jesters), her fun-loving mother (Olivia Newton-John – 1 A Minute, Score: A Hockey Musical), her ‘lesbian’ sister (Rebel Wilson – Bridesmaids, TV’S Workaholics) and the family’s pride a joy – a sheep (well a ram to be more precise). Added to all that is the fact that the boys soon find themselves running foul of local, violent drug dealer, Ray (Steve Le Marquand – TV’S Small Time Gangster & Underbelly).

On the surface this looks like yet another unfunny Australian comedy but it is when you realise that it is directed by Stephan Elliott who has brought us films such as Easy Virtue and Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert and written by Dean Craig, who is best known as the writer of Death Of A Funeral, that you can start to understand why this film works so well. Yes, the story is unbelievable and at times the humor is incredibly crass but who really cares as long as the film is making you laugh… and believe me this is the kind of film that will make you laugh.

There are some strange casting choices in the film but now even I must admit that Olivia Newton-John can be damn funny when she wants to be. The other big surprise is Xavier Samuel who shows that he is more than capable of pulling off comedy if he needs to. And if you’re planning on seeing A Few Best Men then keep a look out for Rebel Wilson because she has some brilliantly funny moments.

A real surprise but A Few Best Men is proof that Australia can make a funny comedy film. If you like it a little crass, then you’re gonna love this.

Year: 2011

Director: Stephan Elliott

Stars: Xavier Samuel, Laura Brent, Kris Marshall, Kevin Bishop, Tim Draxl, Jonathan Biggins, Olivia Newton-John, Rebel Wilson, Steve Le Marquand

Classification: TBC

Runtime: 97 mins

Rating:

Out on DVD/Blu-Ray 25th May 2012

Dave Griffiths