This wonderful movie is a work of genius. My husband and I watched it two straight times in succession, alternately laughing and crying, especially at the end which is one of the "perfect moments" in film.
Sam Neill, always perfection, is the linchpin of this fine cast. The other Australian actors -- Roy Billing, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long, Genevieve Mooy, Tayler Kane, Bille Brown -- are superb, as is literally EVERY person cast in this movie. Patrick Warburton and John McMartin are equally wonderful as the only American actors in this superbly written and directed movie.
It left me feeling that I wanted to meet and know all these people. If you haven't had the good fortune of knowing any Australians, you'll be planning your next vacation there in hopes of meeting people like those so perfectly and honestly portrayed here.
Sam Neill, always perfection, is the linchpin of this fine cast. The other Australian actors -- Roy Billing, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long, Genevieve Mooy, Tayler Kane, Bille Brown -- are superb, as is literally EVERY person cast in this movie. Patrick Warburton and John McMartin are equally wonderful as the only American actors in this superbly written and directed movie.
It left me feeling that I wanted to meet and know all these people. If you haven't had the good fortune of knowing any Australians, you'll be planning your next vacation there in hopes of meeting people like those so perfectly and honestly portrayed here.