Criticising this film feels a bit like aiming a boot at a puppy dog. It desperately wants to be liked and will do anything to get there. Lead character not noble enough? - make him a recent widower. American a bit frosty? Have him reassure us that he's doing it for the betterment of the project. Have we made the mayor too superficial? lets put his heart in the right place at all times.
I am a huge fan of The Castle, but it did not seem to have the same need to have everyone seems so perfect. The Dish, however does and as a result the film is not funny. It's slow, there's virtually no conflict, there's little in the way of comedic or dramatic set-pieces - it just washes over the viewer like warm air - pleasant but entirely forgettable.
I am a huge fan of The Castle, but it did not seem to have the same need to have everyone seems so perfect. The Dish, however does and as a result the film is not funny. It's slow, there's virtually no conflict, there's little in the way of comedic or dramatic set-pieces - it just washes over the viewer like warm air - pleasant but entirely forgettable.