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Strange Bedfellows (2004) -- Two 'very straight' old timers (Hogan and Caton) have to learn how to pass as a loving gay couple after falsely claiming same-sex status to take advantage of newly leglislated tax laws.

Overview

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Director:
Dean Murphy
Writers:
Stewart Faichney (written by)
Dean Murphy (written by)
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Release Date:
22 April 2004 (Australia) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
They're close mates, but not that close.
Plot:
Two 'very straight' old timers (Hogan and Caton) have to learn how to pass as a loving gay couple after falsely claiming same-sex status to take advantage of newly leglislated tax laws. full summary | add synopsis
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(7 articles)
Uncovering Politics' Strange Bedfellows
 (From New York Post. 7 May 2009, 9:21 PM, PDT)

What? Rick Rubin and Josh Groban?
 (From Hitfix. 12 February 2009, 12:59 PM, PST)

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Funniest thing I've seen all year more

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Also Known As:
I Now Pronounce You Vince and Ralph (UK) (new title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language.
Runtime:
100 min
Country:
Australia
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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The film that Paul Hogan's character screens is The Last of the Knucklemen (1979) which also features Michael Caton. more
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Features The Last of the Knucklemen (1979) more
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Staying Alive more

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12 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
Funniest thing I've seen all year, 21 November 2004
Author: Chris Peterson from A loungeroom in Melbourne

I like a good farce. It's a very simple formula, you wonder why so many films get it wrong. It starts with a small lie... and then a slightly bigger lie to cover the first one, and so on and so on. The secret is to make the underlying situation very serious. In this instance, the threat isn't being "outed" to the township, it's taxation fraud and the potential of being sent to jail that underpins the frantic farceurs.

I watched the DVD of 'Strange Bedfellows' tonight with my partner and we both laughed like hyenas throughout. Even though most of the plot twists are obvious, half the pleasure comes from predicting what's going to happen next, and then seeing it actually happen as poor Vince and Ralph are plunged deeper into their charade. Michael Caton is brilliant, and Paul Hogan shines too, a few slightly wooden scenes notwithstanding. The rest of the cast allows anyone who's grown up with Aussie TV to play a quick game of "Ooh, isn't that...?"

The tax law reform which sets the plot in motion is very improbable - now moreso than when the film was made just last year - but it's clearly just a mcguffin to get the plot rolling, and it's not worth slamming the film for it.

Some people have been saying that the film is full of negative gay stereotypes; since the only part of the film with "real" gays (as opposed to Vince and Ralph's hilariously inept mincing) is set in Oxford St Sydney on a Friday(?) night, it's hardly surprising everyone's all frocked up for a night out. The important lesson here is that once Vince and Ralph sit and talk with them and get to know them, the gay guys are just, well, guys. Which is pretty much the moral of the story. Strip away the glitter and the glam, forget about who does what to whom in the bedroom - if you just stop and look, people are all just people.

I loved this - it's the Australian 'In And Out'. More like this, please.

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