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Writer:
Chris Kennedy (writer)
Release Date:
4 November 2004 (Australia) more
Plot:
Eddy (John Howard) earns an honest living from his fish trawler but leads a double life as a "standover" man at night to keep his aspirational wife... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
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Movie length sketch comedy more (15 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | John Howard | ... | Eddy |
 | Alyssa McClelland | ... | Chantelle |
 | Rebecca Frith | ... | Yvonne |
| Gyton Grantley | ... | Dominic |
 | Rohan Nichol | ... | Paul |
 | Helen Thomson | ... | Tina |
| Rowan Jackson | ... | Nigel |
| Amie McKenna | ... | Delores |
| Vasa Gavrilovska | ... | Svetlana |
| Lynne McGimpsy | ... | Josephina (as Lynne McGimpsey) |
| Joanne Cahill | ... | Sylvia (as Jo-Anne Cahill) |
 | Tony Barry | ... | Dr. Savage |
| Grant Bennett | ... | Police Officer |
| Manuel Terron | ... | Rudi |
 | Nicholas Brown | ... | Young Doctor |
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100 min | Australia:93 min
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Eddy: Don't get an Italian car, get a German one. In this line of work, when you put your foot on the accelerator; something's gotta happen. more
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I stumbled on this film accidentally after it had started, so there may have been some running points that I'd missed during the run of the movie. The film felt to me like a feature length sketch comedy show. The storyline is shown to us in intersecting segments, like a sequence of anecdotes, each with their own amusing or heartwarming finale. Most importantly though, there are enough characters and side plots to keep it from getting too stale.
The writing and acting (especially John Howard's) is all well done and had me laughing out loud many times throughout the show. So in my mind, it does rate high. Personally, I think it could have benefited if the story was told a bit smoother, rather than the usual CutToTheNextScene without having to build a brand new joke out of it.