Crackers

Beautiful story of young boys life in a dysfunctional family, with stubborn old grandparents, a pet loyal bantam rooster, affairs, adult stubbornness, elderly members, loss of father, Xmas grief and drinking stressors, humour and Australian ocean. The characters are believable. I liked the fact it's from the twelve 12 year olds point of view and he gets to experience the dysfunction of his grandparents his grandfather he's very bullying his cousin and brother he also bully him and a friendly elderly family relative he's very kind and help him build a boat together. It also has a cute rooster. And some other characters which are very humorous and a likeable character.

This film was a typical p***take comedy. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was funny, sad and typically Australian. My mum cried all the way through it. My dad was pleasantly surprised (he doesn't watch TV much). I think it was really a great film that everyone should see.

Just watched this film for the first time nearly 30 years after it was made. I'm surprised that it's never been on my radar especially as I spent most of my childhood Christmases in the very areas most of the film was set and love good Aussie home grown comedies.

Maybe this was one of the reasons the film had quite an emotional effect on me though I think the credit really goes to the writers and actors who do a great job.

Definitely not a perfect film and a bit of a bumpy ride at times but there is certainly plenty here to delight and amuse. Something of an Australian classic in my opinion.

From start to finish hilarious Aussie Christmas fun. Dysfunctional family at their best. Loved in 1998 and 2021.

I really wanted to like this movie, I love Australian Indie flicks. But honestly, it's not that funny. If you like American in-your-face and crude humour, then you might like this.

There's a lot of constant camera angle changes to go along with the constant 'action scenes'. It's likely to induce seizures in some people. Some of the action in the movie doesn't even ave any purpose or sense - and as a result, character development is slow and poor. Some of the characters are even likeable and the acting itself is great, but it's like the writers of the movie were trying way too hard to be funny and 'out there'.