I really wanted to like this movie and you can tell that everyone involved is trying hard for you to really like this movie. Maybe that's the problem - everyone is trying too hard.
This starts out looking as though it wants to be a quirky comedy with elements of satire. I like that sort of movie. Making a movie in that genre requires a clever script and a deft director. Sadly, this movie has neither. All the other ingredients are there but, unfortunately, they don't gel together and this 'comedy' just isn't funny.
To make matters worse, about 35 minutes in, this movie does a complete u-turn and becomes a demented fantasy. It is really, really tedious. I kept watching to the end because I thought that maybe we we're heading towards a denouement that would draw it all together and then everything would make sense. That didn't happen.
The best thing about this movie is that it is only 77 minutes long. If you want to see a clever, quirky (also) Australian comedy set in the same era as this (1970s?), try and find Swinging Safari from 2018. That is everything this movie tries to be but isn't.
This starts out looking as though it wants to be a quirky comedy with elements of satire. I like that sort of movie. Making a movie in that genre requires a clever script and a deft director. Sadly, this movie has neither. All the other ingredients are there but, unfortunately, they don't gel together and this 'comedy' just isn't funny.
To make matters worse, about 35 minutes in, this movie does a complete u-turn and becomes a demented fantasy. It is really, really tedious. I kept watching to the end because I thought that maybe we we're heading towards a denouement that would draw it all together and then everything would make sense. That didn't happen.
The best thing about this movie is that it is only 77 minutes long. If you want to see a clever, quirky (also) Australian comedy set in the same era as this (1970s?), try and find Swinging Safari from 2018. That is everything this movie tries to be but isn't.