Sweet Seventies

I am only watching this because of Kylie Minogue, Julian McMahon, and Guy Pierce. The movie being watchable (good script, nice jokes, cool acting) is icing on the cake or the cherry on top.

Off beat, nice pace, thoughly enjoyed it. The attention to detail was fantastic for the period. So many subtle period references. Sound track and editing was clever. It is different and refreshing.

This is not the funniest comedy you'll ever see and it's not even a particularly effective coming-of-age story, but it is a lot of fun and entertaining from beginning to end. It boasts a great Australian cast, none of them taking themselves too seriously and all of them really enjoying themselves. It also has a quirky story stuffed full of nods to 1970's fads, values and lifestyles. If you grew up in that period, you especially will love this movie. For the rest of us, this is one of those little self-deprecating comedy gems that Australians do so well and it will give you plenty of chuckles. Highly recommended.

Simple yet brilliant accurate depiction of parenting/childhood during the 1970s. Any naysayers clearly were not brought up in this era. Wonderful fun, yet heartbreakly desperate teenage characters ground what could have been just a fluff piece. I could place every one of those characters into someone I knew from that era. The child actors were excellent. Hope to see a great deal more featuring Atticus Robb.

Enjoy this for what it is. So many memories came flooding back. I was a young policeman in the late 70,s and the kids at the blue light disco were how i remembered them, the ways the tried to sneak alcohol in was a laugh every disco. The characters were people i dealt with every shift when on patrol. Its not a classic by any stretch of the imagination, but just forget everything and drift back into a time when everything didn't appear to be that bad.