On the road to Perth from Melbourne, with Mimi, (Otto), her boyfriend Hanif, (Andrews) and his mate Dean, (Taylor). Following them is a crazed Mandelsohn, determined to track down the boys and retrieve his stolen goods. On their journey they pick up an over aged rock singer, Morris (Weaving), who has a slight drinking problem. He rocks the boat with his romantic eyes cast over Mimi. If you are quick, you may be able to unravel the ending. If not, enjoy the company of a group of youths who don't have the answer to lives mystery besides surviving day by day and having a little fun along the way whilst reading romantic trash novels. Weaving, Taylor and Mendelsohn have fun with their characters and so do the viewer. And to everyone's surprise, Kimberley Davies plays the role of a blonde bimbo to perfection.
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Strangely satisfying dash of Australians on the run
PeterM2719 December 2021
Warning: Spoilers
This is a gripping, touching and sometimes funny film with a smart script and a top cast. It's another celebration of Australian ordinariness, a sweet, somewhat uneven, road movie, in which Mirando Otto is at her awkward, luminous best.
The story follows three friends on a four day trip across the Nullabour to Perth, where Otto hopes to reconnect with her estranged mother and to find the father she never knew. Along for the ride are Otto's boyfriend, a charming UK Indian overstayer and his supposedly reformed junkie mate played by Noah Taylor. She is searching; they are escaping - escaping from Taylor's angry crim brother played by Ben Mendelsohn, from whom they have stolen a stash of drugs.
On the way to Perth they pick up a charming, drunken rock singer (Hugo Weaving), who is at a loose end after walking out on his band halfway across the desert.
Like the characters, the film is somewhat directionless, but likeable despite that. Weaving puts in another good performance as the boozy musician, and Ben Mendelsohn has left his young knockabout roles behind and plays a more menacing crim here, something he has since gone on to play in countless Hollywood films.
A very satisfying film.
The story follows three friends on a four day trip across the Nullabour to Perth, where Otto hopes to reconnect with her estranged mother and to find the father she never knew. Along for the ride are Otto's boyfriend, a charming UK Indian overstayer and his supposedly reformed junkie mate played by Noah Taylor. She is searching; they are escaping - escaping from Taylor's angry crim brother played by Ben Mendelsohn, from whom they have stolen a stash of drugs.
On the way to Perth they pick up a charming, drunken rock singer (Hugo Weaving), who is at a loose end after walking out on his band halfway across the desert.
Like the characters, the film is somewhat directionless, but likeable despite that. Weaving puts in another good performance as the boozy musician, and Ben Mendelsohn has left his young knockabout roles behind and plays a more menacing crim here, something he has since gone on to play in countless Hollywood films.
A very satisfying film.
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