Opens with too much swearing and apparently 'arty' shaky camera angles plus the location scouts seem to have found the worst parts of Melbourne - it doesn't let up. The overall impression is this is someone's vanity project and any sense of connection with the actors is difficult to find and the characters are hard to like. What could have been a love story with a gritty edge was spoiled by an apparent need to be 'street' and became an instant turn off. The second half is certainly better than the first but overall, just another expletive laden, trashy film to add to Australia's reputation of a 'once was' producer of quality films.
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12 Reviews
Silent Night
(I) (2021)
Dark but not a comedy
3 May 2022
Could have been something but fails miserably. Hardly any funny moments and far too much swearing - even from the children. So many missed opportunities and all but one of the characters are totally dislikeable. Give it a miss.
The School
(2018)
Awful, high school play put on film.
24 April 2020
Low budget acting (or lack thereof) makes this a tedious film with cheap sets nothing more than a high school project put on the screen. Shallow, wooden, lack of atmosphere and any depth to the characters or the storyline. BMX Bandits takes on The Labyrinth- just appalling.
Welcome to Woop Woop
(1997)
A National Embarrassment
13 December 2017
Straight to video? Straight to the bin. I think we are over these over stereotypical Australian characterisations and this trash should be the last film of this type inflicted on the rest of civilisation. What on earth persuaded some of the lead names to even consider this tripe?
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