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27 October 2009 (USA)
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Kid's entertainment, it's criminal.
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The world's worst actor Danny, meets the world's worst crook Marcus and their lives are changed forever... | add synopsis
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Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 10/27
(From Cinematical. 27 October 2009, 11:32 AM, PDT)
Your Weekly Cinema-scope: A Cinematic Look at Your Astrological Chart for October 27th-November 2nd
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(From Cinematical. 27 October 2009, 11:32 AM, PDT)
Your Weekly Cinema-scope: A Cinematic Look at Your Astrological Chart for October 27th-November 2nd
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Too much for the kids but too stupid for anyone over 10.
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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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Criminal Ways (USA) (DVD title)
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USA:94 min
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Featured in "Getaway: (#12.33)" (2003)
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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?