This low-budget film aims to comically portray a variety of styleless, clueless young people who represent the stereotypical 'dag' type. The film has some funny moments, but also a lot of silly ones. Some of the acting is adequate, but both the script and direction are a bit unsophisticated to appeal to a wide audience.
The film meanders through these people's lives for a while before eventually finding some narrative momentum with Cheryl's kidnapping. The mockumentary section, which consists numerous short intrusions by an anthropologist providing observations about the dag subculture, is the weakest feature of the film.
The film draws on a tradition making fun of Australian stereotypes such as the ocker or bogan, which began with Stork and Dimboola in the 70s, and carried on to The Wog Boy and Fat Pizza in the 2000s. Though both The Castle and Muriel's Wedding provided successful and affectionate satires of Australian dags in the 90s, Dags, like Welcome To Woop Woop, falls short by not being funny enough.
Comedy is hard to get right, and this film only gets it half right.
The film meanders through these people's lives for a while before eventually finding some narrative momentum with Cheryl's kidnapping. The mockumentary section, which consists numerous short intrusions by an anthropologist providing observations about the dag subculture, is the weakest feature of the film.
The film draws on a tradition making fun of Australian stereotypes such as the ocker or bogan, which began with Stork and Dimboola in the 70s, and carried on to The Wog Boy and Fat Pizza in the 2000s. Though both The Castle and Muriel's Wedding provided successful and affectionate satires of Australian dags in the 90s, Dags, like Welcome To Woop Woop, falls short by not being funny enough.
Comedy is hard to get right, and this film only gets it half right.