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enough with the brothers


This film is a prime example of the malaise in the Oz film industry, if I see another film about a dysfunctional brother in a quirky family, I'll put my fist through the screen.
Is there some law in this country that states all young male actors must perform a gibbering retard role at least once? This film says, and is about, NOTHING, the characters are cliched and undeveloped, the plot pointless, and the ending a blessing for the viewer because he can go do something more exciting, like watching ants crawl on a dead mouse.
Maybe SHINE is to blame, or the appalling Somersault, which had absolutely no value except for one shot of Abbie Cornish's arse. I dunno, but can we please see a film from Australia with more than four in the cast? New Zealand has a fifth of our population and manages to produce BIG films, with like, effects and battles and STORIES and stuff, what do we do? a couple of dickheads in a car go across the desert and die for no good reason...it's pathetic, I hear the film finance ponces are making Fred Schepisi jump through hoops like a 1st year student to get funding for his latest effort, and this is a man with RUNS ON THE BOARD in the real world.
They and this film are a waste of space.

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you might enjoy the likes of 'you and your stupid mate' or 'the nugget' then.

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No I wouldn't, I just get bored with miserable crap no matter how ponced up and self-important it tries to be.

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you might like 'australia'
i think it has explosions in it.

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Completely agree with OP. This film is a shining example of everything wrong with the Australian film industry, if there is such a thing. It's like a bad play you'd see at Uni, about issues and family dynamics that are totally fake and bogus. What possible audience is there for this pretentious drivel? And what's with all the Aussie working class cliches - I live in a bogan infested area but I don't see anyone as stereotypically Aussie as these bozos. ENOUGH!

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