Barry Humphries will be remembered in my opinion as the greatest stage performing comedian of all time. As guests on talk shows Barry Edna and Les are also at their best with a live audience. I've seen his LIVE show 6 times and was always in awe of his genius.
This is a terrible film.
Essentially the Les Patterson and Edna characters cannot hold a film audience for 90 minutes but even if they could this script which never gets out of the toilet is an insult to all involved.
Producer and co writer Diane Millstead obviously had good intentions to make a film to rival the popularity of Crocodile Dundee.
The other George Miller was a capable director and apparently loved making this film , no doubt with all the talent involved.
The unfunny cameos of Graham Kennedy and John Clarke are such a disappointment and Paul Jennings doing a then Prime minister Bob Hawke impression is TV sketch comedy stuff 1987, it's not for a film.
Not all comedians can crack the film market, If you want to watch Barry Humphries the genius there's plenty of his material on You Tube. Zero stars.
I should add that with some very extreme editing the film could be made watchable but it needs about ten minutes trimmed especially from the appalling start.
This is a terrible film.
Essentially the Les Patterson and Edna characters cannot hold a film audience for 90 minutes but even if they could this script which never gets out of the toilet is an insult to all involved.
Producer and co writer Diane Millstead obviously had good intentions to make a film to rival the popularity of Crocodile Dundee.
The other George Miller was a capable director and apparently loved making this film , no doubt with all the talent involved.
The unfunny cameos of Graham Kennedy and John Clarke are such a disappointment and Paul Jennings doing a then Prime minister Bob Hawke impression is TV sketch comedy stuff 1987, it's not for a film.
Not all comedians can crack the film market, If you want to watch Barry Humphries the genius there's plenty of his material on You Tube. Zero stars.
I should add that with some very extreme editing the film could be made watchable but it needs about ten minutes trimmed especially from the appalling start.