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User Rating:
5.8/10   137 votes
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Director:
Jonathan Ogilvie
Writer:
Jonathan Ogilvie (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
18 September 2008 (Australia) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance more
Plot:
The story is about Iris' rise to the apex of a love/power triangle that includes her roguish English lover, McHeath and Art, an earnest young boxer. Within the flawed moral landscape, each character struggles to establish their sovereignty. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 5 nominations more
User Comments:
Very average film - why make it? more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Rose Byrne ... Iris

Hugo Weaving ... McHeath
Matthew Le Nevez ... Art

Pia Miranda ... Daisy
Luke Carroll ... Alby
John Batchelor ... Ronnie

Tyler Coppin ... Donnie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Don Bridges ... Greyhound Eddie
Jarrah Cocks ... Chaff Stick Pocker
Brendan Guerin ... Mike Flynn

Kuni Hashimoto ... Hackett
Andrew Nolte ... Musician
Mark Rayner ... Delaney
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Additional Details

Country:
Australia
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Australia:M
Company:
Film Finance more

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10 out of 23 people found the following comment useful:-
Very average film - why make it?, 29 August 2008
2/10
Author: dermaxxe from Oz

My friends and I have just finished seeing a preview of this new Australian film. Everyone who was in the cinema agreed, what was the point of this film? There was no good story to follow, the characters were undeveloped, and the plot seemed unmotivated. I find it bizarre that this film, that probably cost in the high millions, got funded and made. It serves no purpose to the drama community, its adds nothing to the palette of Australian cinema. It really was a waste of time creating this droll unemotional piece of work and more time really should be spent work-shopping scripts and creating good stories, not creating a mess like this. Hugo Weaving and Rose Byrne were OK but severely hampered by a bad script. Pia Miranda's character was unnecessary and abstract from the plot, and her lines were average at best. A true waste of talent. The saving grace was Geoffrey Simpson ACS' cinematography, which like most Aussie films, was superb.

Come on guys, think about it next time please.

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