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Name: Mr. Reliable
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1997-01-30
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Colin Friels, Jacqueline McKenzie, Kenneth Radley

Original title: Mr. Reliable

1996
R
1h 52m

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6.6/10

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All Wally Mellish, an ex-convict in 1960s Australia, wants to do is live a quiet life with his girlfriend Beryl. Unfortunately when two police officers come around to disturb this, a misunde... Read allAll Wally Mellish, an ex-convict in 1960s Australia, wants to do is live a quiet life with his girlfriend Beryl. Unfortunately when two police officers come around to disturb this, a misunderstanding quickly becomes out of control, resulting Wally, Beryl and her child being trapp... Read allAll Wally Mellish, an ex-convict in 1960s Australia, wants to do is live a quiet life with his girlfriend Beryl. Unfortunately when two police officers come around to disturb this, a misunderstanding quickly becomes out of control, resulting Wally, Beryl and her child being trapped in their house, surrounded by armed police under the impression that Wally is holding e... Read all

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Awards
- 3 nominations

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Trivia
Based on a true story.

Goofs
The film is set in 1967. The Police Commissioner's car is a 1974 AMC (Rambler in Australia) Matador sedan.

Quotes
Beryl Muddle: Mum says that if she was married to you she would poison your coffee.
Wally Mellish: If I was married to her, I'd drink it.

Connections
Featured in The Movie Show: Episode dated 9 February 1997 (1997)

Soundtracks
Summer in the City
Written by John Sebastian (as Sebastian), Steve Boone (as Boone) and Mark Sebastian (as Sebastian)
Published by Hudson Music / Trio Music / EMI Music Publishing Australia
Performed by The Lovin' Spoonful
Courtesy of Castle Communications (Australia) Ltd.

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A clever and charming yarn

I had seen this film before and avoided it - suspecting it would leave me cringing. I did it a great injustice. This movie is very much in the vein of recent Aussie successes such as The Castle, and Muriel's Wedding - movies that take pride in the dry, wry, and laconic Aussie perspective on life. It had all the basic ingedients of a fun flick, charm, humour, good characters, bit of romance, and an interesting plot with a clever ending. If you see it, give it a try - you, like me, could be surprised. My vote 7/10

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