All Men Are Liars

This flick proves it, Australians carry the same torch for Elvis, hot rods and hair grease (OK-gel, to be politically correct these days)and with the same kitschy flair, as their Stateside contemporaries!

A young man tries his hand (as it were) at drag and then finds love in an all-girl band. (Undeniably, the best place to look!) This being the outcome of a nefarious scheme to re-unite his Elvis-besotted father with his sensible, piano-deprived mother. Dysfunctional family drama and sexual comings-of-age intersect in lightly comedic style.

Set in a small town with surrounding farms and lakes, the film's sub- plots and characters overlap and complicate like a mid-summer jaunt in a Shakespearean tale.

Toni Pearen as lead singer Angela is appealingly cutesy and tries her hardest with at best, a tradesman's script. No-one much had anything to work with here. Better than a cold cheeseburger-on-a-sesame-seed-bun to be certain, but with a medium coke as well, I'm not so sure!

I don't know why, but this film didn't live up my expectations. I didn't really know the story that well, and saw the film for John Jarratt, the real star, while I liked Price, and eye candy Toni Pearen, who wasn't that bad, but really carried a subtle sexiness, I really liked. I guess I've seen enough of films, where guys, get dressed up in lingerie (flick eyes away, sickening moment, honestly) and reality check, please, you would of made this chick as a guy, right away, especially when his man tone went off, instead of a girls in some parts. Rocker, Jarratt, sells wifee's piano, and she takes off. To earn some moolah, to pay for it, to get it back, so it gets wifee back, the older son (Price) dons a wig and puts on girl wear, and joins a girl band, who have just entered town. He falls for singer, sexy Pearen, who unwares he's a guy, where what follows is cliché'd. Look, this is a good hearted film, and it's a cute film, but there are just too many films like this. It has a lot of situations, and impasses, but I've seen it before, and there are some really classic, and amusing moments, one line, spoken with venom Pearen about guy's lying, while, sitting next to Price, is gold. I guess, I was expecting a much more happening film, one more livelier, and the not badly made film, sadly walks a couple of dull steps. I didn't expect it to be set in the country, which was really part of the cliché'd, seen it all before scene. Jarrett and cute Pearen, are the only the best things about it. Soundtrack is awesome, as is Pearen's song.

This is one of the most pathetic, lame-brained cr*p stories I have ever had the misfortune to see.

Just imagine a plot vaguely similar to LADYBUGS - but without Rodney Dangerfield, Jonathan Brandis or anything remotely resembling a sense of comic timing, and you pretty much get the idea where this story is heading.

The sort of film to make you scratch your head in wonder going "what the heck were they thinking here?" I didn't even crack a smile during the whole drawn-out process.

Extremely disappointing and laborious storytelling.

One of the best Australian comedy films ever. It's not just funny, it appeals to the heart as well;and not in a soppy way. The family setting is great as is the rural North Queensland atmosphere. Starring Toni Pearen ( Funniest Home Videos), David Price (tv stuff) and John Jarratt (Australia, Blue Heelers, Wolf Creek among others) the story has a pace to it that keeps building and changing in unexpected directions. It is a sister piece to that Australian hit Priscilla Queen of the Desert as it also involves a cross-dressing theme in rural Australia, but for my money the plot here is far more interesting and developed. It has the sleeper quality of Crackers and is far more entertaining than a lot of those pretentious Australian movies like Little Fish, Candy and Somersault. Get a look at it!

This is a "goofball comedy" reminiscent of the old slapstick comedies of early black and white film. I didn't try to make sense of the goings-on of a young man (trying to pass in an all girls' band) or his dim-witted father, but just laughed at all the ridiculous situations that resulted. This is one of my favorite movies, really! I'm just sorry that I can't find it on VHS or DVD.