BoyTown (2006)

"Boytown" concerns a successful 80s boy band of the same name reforming their band in contemporary times in the hope that they can capture some of their former glory and that the fans will ... See full summary »

Director:

Kevin Carlin

Writers:

Mick Molloy, Richard Molloy

Stars:

Glenn Robbins, Mick Molloy, Bob Franklin

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Glenn Robbins	...	Benny G
Mick Molloy	...	Tommy Boy
Bob Franklin	...	Bobby Mac
Wayne Hope	...	Carl
Gary Eck	...	Corey
Sally Phillips	...	Holly
Lachy Hulme	...	Marty Boomstein
Lois Ramsey	...	Gran
Sarah Walker	...	Katie
Sally McDonald	...	Boomstein Records Receptionist
Syd Brisbane	...	Jeff
Tony Martin	...	Kenny Larkin
Joanne Donahoe-Beckwith	...	Documentary Camera
Mark Tarpey	...	Documentary Sound
Richard Marsland	...	Record Company Executive

Storyline

"Boytown" concerns a successful 80s boy band of the same name reforming their band in contemporary times in the hope that they can capture some of their former glory and that the fans will still be interested. Tommy, Corey, Benny and two others try to reform Boytown in 2005, but now they are all in the late 30s and are not sure whether people will still be interested in them. What follows is their tale as they try to recapture some of their former magic.

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Plot Keywords:

rock concert | pop music

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Taglines:

Population five.

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Genres:

Comedy | Music

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 October 2006 (Australia)

Also Known As:

Boy Town

Filming Locations:

Festival Hall, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$758,859 (Australia) (20 October 2006)

Gross:

$2,257,025 (Australia) (10 November 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Molloy Boy Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Spin-off Meet Marty Boomstein (2007)

User Reviews

Pretty good, But also Pretty Bad - Great Dialogue

Caught this movie in Hobart's premier theatre- Eastlands, The Bogan Capital of the world.

After taking three minutes to eat popcorn, we proceeded to watch the 88 minutes (apparently) of Mick molloys brainchild, Boytown.

Being a reasonable fan of molloy and a cream-your-jeans fan of Wayne hope, me and my super best friends were looking forward to a quiet stroll along the generic, choreographed, lip-synced lane of boy-bands. A lane filled with a mix of treacherous storyline ravines, puddles of genius and a lot of bumpy plot twists in the road.

The idea is great. Boyband. Sure, its been done to death, but taking a fresh angle of mature boy-bands is quite a hilarious concept. The beginning of the movie dragged a lot and could have been saved with some witty dialogue, however most of the jokes were fairly predictable and lacked actually being funny. There were some good ideas, but were very poorly executed.

As the movie went on, it started to get better. Lachy Hulme was very good as the record company owner, unlike Glenn Robbins at least his character had dimension. Glenn definitely didn't suit this role, as an audience member, it was difficult to get emotionally attached to him. He is way better acting as a character. (Kath & Kim, Uncle Arthur, Russel Coight, Donkey Kong)

There were some very funny moments within around the middle of the movie. The Rio de Janeiro sexy cabaret singer part was easily the funniest part in the movie. Great cameo from Akmal. The songs sung throughout were well done. The crying song was easily the best sounding song, I'd purchase that faster than a fox on crack. The funniest song was definitely about that "special" time of the month. Very clever indeed. I don't know if Molloy wrote all those, if so, kudos.

The end, well I won't ruin it...

Yes I will.

Everyone becomes possessed by ghosts of robots from the future.

Seem ridiculous? It actually would have been a better ending than in the movie. I love those type of endings in the movie, but this one was done poorly. Gary Eck did absolutely nothing for me in the film, and was responsible for some of the worst lines in the movie. Rod Laver scene with Gary = Worst line I have ever heard in a movie, ever.

This is the best one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdK-aLGxV0Y

Anyways, all in all a fairly average type of comedy. The songs are great, the dialogue not so, story lines are very weak, needed more Wayne hope and tony martin. Bob Franklin could have had a bigger role too, not sure what happened to his little story in the middle either.

But, if you are a fan of molloys, you will like it. In the meantime if you want some awesome Australian comedy, anything by Shaun Micallef will whip this movie like a jockey on a horses ass.