City Loop (2000)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Belinda Chayko

Writer:

Stephen Davis (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

City Loop tells the story of six young people who work in a pizzeria, as they struggle to comes to terms with boredom, fear of responsibility and pizzas to go. |

Cast

Sullivan Stapleton	...	Dom
Ryan Johnson	...	Misha
Kellie Jones	...	Erin
Brendan Cowell	...	Robert
Hayley McElhinney	...	Katie
Megan Dorman	...	Stacey
Jessica Napier	...	Sophie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Terry Annesley	...	Homeless Man
Samuel Atwell	...	Security Guard
John Batchelor	...	Mr. Maxwell
Winston Cooper	...	Young Man
Kate Crosby	...	Girl Hoon
Patrick Frost	...	Speeding Loop Voice (voice)
Jason Gann	...	Boy Hoon
Natasha Kapper	...	Bar Attendant
Dorian Nkono	...	Gary
Mick Van Moorsel	...	Driving Hoon

Also Known As:

Bored Olives (UK) (new title)

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

Australia | Japan

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Boondall, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Company:

Australian Film Commission, The

Interesting story telling, but really just another teen angst drama

A group of teenage workers in Speedy's Anytime pizza delivery parlor have different evenings that intertwine with each other round work. However each are bored and a little disillusioned with their lives. The evening sees some dramatic events in their young lives.

I didn't have high hopes for this film – I assumed it was going to be the usual teen angst stuff set in Australia featuring a bunch of characters I could care less about. And in a way I was right, the basic plot(s) are the usual run of mill things. However the stories are quite cool and are aided by a clever quirk. Each characters story is told fully and separately (not original I know- but still effective), and they intertwine. This means we see events that happen later in other stories but they aren't explained till then.

The downside is that this is a gimmick and gets old before the film ends. The other downside is that the plots are sometimes too daft and other times too ponderous and navel-contemplating. This isn't helped by the characters being mostly selfish teenagers who think their lives are the be all and end all of everything. The actors don't help this much – they're OK, but they allow their roles to become stereotypes too easily. It has some comedy but mostly this is a teen drama that deals with things like `being a virgin', `cuming too early', `breaking up with girlfriend' etc etc.

Overall it passed the time. The story telling gimmick helped for the most part, but it started to drag before the end and wasn't much fun to watch. Teen angst dramas have been done much better than this.