Is This the Real World

This movie starts slow and I didn't know where it was going, but then it just totally hooked me in. At the end I just wanted to watch it all over again. The actors are brilliant. Sean Kennan and Charlotte Best are so good. The guy who plays the teacher, Greg Stone, is amazing. And 360 just should have been in it more. It's not like a lot of other films but it's really emotional and I thought well made. The music all the way through it is really good and I saw somewhere that it won awards in England. Basically it's the story of a family, but really it's all about the middle son (Sean Keenan) and how he deals with school and a teacher who is a bit of a freak and how his family are kind of a mess.

I first saw this movie on a plane coming home and I'm not ashamed to admit I got really emotional at the end. The main guy in it is the original Lochie Leonard and was in Puberty Blues too (Sean Keenan) and he is brilliant in it. It's a story with all these gaps in it where you get to work out that happens and then by the end you kind of realise you've been totally drawn into a family and all the stuff that goes down when things don't go right. It's all so real. School looks real. Home looks real. And the BMX riding is super excellent. It's not an action movie, it's an emotional story with heart and brains. Okay, so I totally get this is not a mainstream flick, but for something out of the usual this is a winner.

I really wanted to like this movie, but in the end it seemed rather familiar, a sort of retread of a lot of other things I've seen. And unfortunately, it was fairly boring really. A sort of soap scenario which never really surprises. Also despite it's rating, it was extremely unsexy, except for a few brief moments of Sean Keenan without his shirt. This was almost false-flagging, with an MA15 rating and nothing really to see from an eye candy perspective, although Sean is nothing if not pretty. Even the sex, the little there was of it, was curiously stilted and inhibited. For the budget, though, this was a reasonable effort, with solid if not outstanding performances. Unfortunately it seems Australian movies are no longer willing to take risks, even in low budget indie flicks, and the results are just, meh. Don't get me wrong, this is fairly competent, but I was hoping for something more interesting, and definitely sexier.

Sean Keenan is brilliant. Definitely worth watching. Really enjoyed it. (Thanks for recommending DL) All round a top film, funny and sad and cool. 360 should do more acting because he's cool AF. Charlotte (from H&A) is so great in this; she looks amazing and is really an excellent actress. It's actually worth watching a few times, as you miss things first time.

Such a unique and moving story. It's the kind of film that you think you can second guess, but then completely surprises you, and then in the end kind of gives you what you are hoping for. I will not give detail about the story, but will say that the production is all round excellent. The acting is amazing. Sean Keenan is a amazing. Susie Porter is amazing. I had not seen the guy who plays the teacher before but he's an incredible actor too. His name is Greg Stone. I don't know how this film did not get more attention when it came out. It's one of the best Australian movies I've seen. Having said that, I just know it will drive some people crazy. It's not everyone's thing, I am pretty sure of that. If you want guns and cars and super villains who die at the end, this is not your thing. If you want a movie about people told in a really beautiful and honest way, then check out this hidden classic.