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4.3/10   253 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Chris Anastassiades (written by)
Ray Boseley (written by)
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Release Date:
27 October 2009 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Kid's entertainment, it's criminal.
Plot:
The world's worst actor Danny, meets the world's worst crook Marcus and their lives are changed forever... | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Too much for the kids but too stupid for anyone over 10. more (13 total)

Cast

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Nick Giannopoulos ... Danny

Russell Dykstra ... Marcus

Isla Fisher ... Kirsty

Michael Carman ... Jimmy King
Lena Cruz ... Aurora 'Rory' Van Dyke
Tony Nikolakopoulos ... Stewie
Costas Kilias ... Adrian

Ryan Johnson ... Hammer
Chantal Contouri ... Sally
Nicholas Fleming ... Oliver

Jemma Wilks ... Lita (as Jemma Rivera Wilks)
Terry Gill ... Barney the Bear
David Watson ... Granville Van Dyke

Felix Williamson ... Bill Gennaro
Gnarnayarrahe Waitairie ... Elvis Elvis
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Criminal Ways (USA) (DVD title)
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Runtime:
USA:94 min
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Fun Stuff

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Danny: All riiiggghhhttt.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Getaway: (#12.33)" (2003) more

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Too much for the kids but too stupid for anyone over 10., 16 September 2003
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Author: conan-2 from Sydney, Australia



I loved Wogboy, Nick Giannopoulos' earlier hit. The Wannabes was a major disappointment to me. Wogboy came from where the writer understood and has successfully used this genre over the past 15 or so years on stage and TV.

The Wannabes starts of with some badly drawn characters "the world's worst actor", cardboard cutout crims and the obvious bad girl with the heart of gold for love interest. Needless to say, everything else follows the formula.

Many ideas should and would have been discarded with re-writes, the "Flashdance" reference is one and their big break where they are "discovered" just left me confused for the mess that was on the screen.

Don't take the kids as it's language content is definitely not for the kids but can adults sit through guys doing a bad Hi-5 imitation without the cute girls to look at?

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