Centrespread

Music is pure porno music, so you know what you are gonna get.

In case you don't, you get real garbage served up on a poorly executed platter of bad directing, bad acting and a really bad story-line.

I tries to be artsy but the people involved in making it have no clue how to do that.

Instead you get a thoroughly boring piece of soft core porn.

It's hard to follow, because there really isnt and coherent plot. And the acting is remedial at best. Maybe even worse than that.

Instead of being titillated by the abundance of female nudity, i was completely bored out of my mind hoping for this to be over and done.

Who thought this movie would be a good idea?

If this review were rating Centrespread on softcore nudity alone, it would be a 10/10 all the way. We have many gorgeous Australian girl shedding their togs for the camera, and besides a bit of unwelcome male flesh much later on, it's a barbecue of babes all the way! Yee-ha!

Alas, in terms of being an actually watchable motion picture, it's shortcomings are much more apparent, Whilst watching models rub their breasts whilst covered in body paint or engaging in faux-lesbian scenes together might be diverting for a while, the surrounding story... something about a photographer trying to find the 'next big discovery' or risk losing his job is so tedious, it would be better if it didn't exist at all.

Eventually, even the T&A becomes repetitive regardless of how many different setting and backdrops they decide to throw at us, and the end result is a pretty worthless thing who's only redeeming features you can find freely on the Internet today anyway.

P.S What exactly was the point in setting it in the future? Who knows? Who cares. 2/10

Sexy Kylie Foster's only movie lead, and she's very good, sees as the new perfect centrespread choice sought out by a dark and creepy photographer, on his latest search, and times running out, as trying to a free takes some effort. A lot of nice nudity, some beautiful and iconic Adelaide locations, one notoriously known, and used in other SA films, and of course Foster, au-naturel. She's a really good actress and would of liked to see more projects with her in. If you can remember her in Prisoner, she was the bad seed, who forcibly had her hair cut off. Centrespread is dark and all of it, doesn't really add up to much to much. A run of the mill exploitation pic, which nudity, I don't really have a problem with, or paint. Intriguing DVD cover. Male lead performance, dominates, and is very memorable.

...is his best, which doesn't say all that much. It's a mixture of futuristic science fiction woven into a corny love story that probably would have worked, but for the script, which contained so much constant nudity and sex that mainstream actors would have been highly unlikely to accept the roles. Add to that budget constraints - Groom, as producer of this one, would not have had access to the funds he has now (although the Australian Film Corporation gets a plug here) - and what we're left with is an Australian foray into very soft porn that has trouble finding a mainstream audience because of the acting quality. Just who the hell are Kylie Foster and Paul Trahair? A quick search on IMDb tells us that Trahair's only other role was as a young detective in SQUIZZY TAYLOR. Foster is much more travelled: she had character roles in the TV series PRISONER and SKYWAYS, and then found parts in KITTY AND THE BAGMAN, MELVIN and QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER - though how is a mystery, noting her acting "talent" in CENTRESPREAD. Indeed, while CENTRESPREAD could have become an Australian cinematic landmark akin to MAD MAX, the best parts remain the opening and closing themes, the former of which could easily have become a mainstream pop classic. Rating: 5/10

A must see Australian film. This film has been a landmark for all other Australian (and otherwise) films to follow. Films written by, starring, or directed by Australian greats derive from this title. Note that films such as Gladiator and the Truman Show (both having Australian connections) have direct references to and draw artistic talents from this film. .. AL