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The Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell (2010)
A drama/comedy that is both dramatic and funny
The Hopes and Dreams of Gazza Snell is just the sort of film that the Australians make so well and we which we Kiwis don't - until now that is. Whilst satirizing the characters and the world its depicts it has us laughing with the characters not at them from the start. Gazza Snell himself is a kiwi classic (played brilliantly by Australian Willian McInnes), a man full of heart if not good sense. Robyn Malcolm puts in a great turn as his long suffering wife and they are well supported by a cast of relative newcomers. Within a short space of time the Snell family had me thoroughly engaged by their tribulations and they held me to the end. Its worth seeing for the Go-Carting sequences alone. Spoiler alert - this is not a film for cynics! And thank god for that.