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Title: Swinging Safari (2018)
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| Guy Pearce | ... | Keith Hall | |
| Kylie Minogue | ... | Kaye Hall | |
| Radha Mitchell | ... | Jo Jones | |
| Julian McMahon | ... | Rick Jones | |
| Asher Keddie | ... | Gale Marsh | |
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Jeremy Sims | ... | Bob Marsh |
| Atticus Robb | ... | Jeff Marsh / Bob and Gale's son | |
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Darcey Wilson | ... | Melly |
| Jack Thompson | ... | Mayor | |
| Oscar Bailey | ... | Young Jeff Marsh / Bob and Gale's son | |
| Hunter Stratton Boland | ... | Kid #1 | |
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Scott Arderne | ... | Kid #2 |
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Travis Corbett | ... | Kid #3 |
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Oliver Bailey | ... | School Kid |
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Orlando Bailey | ... | Beach Kid |
Australia, 1975. The beach suburb of Nobbys Beach is a place that revolves around surf mats, baby oil, boxed wine and the new miracle of Kentucky Fried Chicken. 14 year-old Jeff tries to find his feet in a world changing faster than his hormones, and deal with his crush on shy and sensitive girl-next-door Melly. When the beach town suddenly hits the spotlight after the body of a 200-ton whale is washed ashore, Jeff and Melly think it's the biggest thing that ever happened in their lives. Meanwhile, their eccentric parents are catching up with the sexual revolution that has also washed up on Australia's beaches. And just like the decaying whale, it's all about to go spectacularly wrong.
Energy abounds in this Aussie flick with lots of great set design and costumes to match and that's as far as it got for me. The rest was a bit of a dissapointment.
Yes, I did expect a certain vulgarity to be present but some aspects of the narrative I just found just silly and at times plain stupid. Several minutes of voice over and fast cutting I found overwhelming at the start. There were some set pieces I found funny and was laughing along with the rest of the audience who were at times laughing more than I did, however it was these ridiculous parts of storyline that killed it for me. They kinda were absurd but the execution was where the word silly and stupid came in.
Guy Pearce is always great but overall the cast's characters were not developed enough. Kylie Minogue and Jack Thompson's characters in particular were strangulated by the lack of thought given to them in the script. Mr Thompson's character just didn't go anywhere or vary. Not to blame him at all.....there was little heart in the characters overall.
The sound mix however was well executed.