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5.2/10   97 votes
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Shirley Barrett (writer)
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15 March 2001 (Australia) more
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A well-meaning but misguided talent agent uses his paraplegic girlfriend's government compensation to fund his quest to resurrect a faded club singer's career. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Salvatore Coco ... Joey Grasso
Sacha Horler ... Bonita
Nikki Bennett ... Nikki Raye
Carter Edwards ... Marty Raye
Robert Coleby ... Pastor Bob
Skye Wansey ... Barbara Jacobs-Alsop
John Burgess ... Rex Hanna
Jon English ... Phil Wehner
Nicky Wendt ... Linda Mundell

David Franklin ... Trevor Whitney
Bille Brown ... Barry
Joe Bugner ... Senior Bouncer
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Francesca Arakelian ... Real Estate Agent
Jonathan Atherton ... Reporter

David Knijnenburg ... Bank Manager
Ingrid Mason ... Kidz Club Assistant
Janis McGavin ... KFC Girl
Greg Newman ... KFC manager
Natasha Yantsch ... Reporter
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6 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
It's awful, stay away, 14 March 2001
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Author: Trevor Gensch (trevorgensch@one.net.au) from Morayfield, Queensland

It's awful.

Pretty succinct review I know, but it has been a long time since a film has left me in such a bewildered state - wondering how the hell a film like that gets made.

The last time it happened was last years turkey 'Mission to Mars'.

Salvatore Coco is an ex-con - trying to better himself through self help videos, endless seminars and betterment courses. He lives by the catchphrases these courses expound.

He stumbles across a washed up nightclub singer, played by Nikki Bennett, and has an epiphany; his new career is going to be that of a talent agent - with the singer as his one and only client.

Financed by his gospel singing, paraplegic girlfriend, played by Sasha Horler - he sets up shop and tries to relaunch Nikki's career, with disastarous results.

'Walk the Talk' is the reason why Australians are so contemptuous of Australian cinema. It is poorly constructed, lame and way wayyy too long (111 minutes for a comedy that should barely have scraped the 80 minute mark).

Every scene is too long, and are very repetitive. The audience is not given a character to empathise with; a vital ingredient in a film like this supposedly about an 'underdog' giving it a go.

The downbeat and frankly poor ending comes at the end of 30 minutes of the most mind numbing dialogue and scenes that have you crying out for a power failure.

This film is a failure on all levels - made worse for Queensland audiences by its liberal and innacurate use of various Gold Coast/Palm Beach location; and its laughable use of Brisbane suburb names like Norman Park and Caboolture.

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