Okay. I liked the film. A good mockumentary. It was fun even though predictable in parts.
But I am not sure WHY I liked it. The lead is quite solid... literally. And the film is about solids... literally...
But there was something else. Maybe the overused contrived Aussie lingo was enough for some, but for me, some of the sayings died like a flat wheel on a go cart. Okay that was bad and a lot of the colloquialisms in the film are just as bad. So why did I like this film then? There was something about Kenny! The way Shane played the character. He was endearing. He was believable and he was very very real, even with the fake sayings.
The first half of the film was a little like watching paint dry for me. But when he began his trip overseas, something ...happened. Maybe it was his naivety or his generosity, but something happened.
We got to follow a short period in the life of a below average joe. We got to see the way he is treated by the people that so urgently need his services and we got to see into his personal life. We got to see that into his dysfunctional family life and his dysfunctional staff and more than that, we got to see into the dysfunctional society that is Australia and how you have to laugh or you really are up excrement creek without a paddle.
Big guy with a big heart.
And like mad max.... lets all pray to god he is still out there... somewhere....
But I am not sure WHY I liked it. The lead is quite solid... literally. And the film is about solids... literally...
But there was something else. Maybe the overused contrived Aussie lingo was enough for some, but for me, some of the sayings died like a flat wheel on a go cart. Okay that was bad and a lot of the colloquialisms in the film are just as bad. So why did I like this film then? There was something about Kenny! The way Shane played the character. He was endearing. He was believable and he was very very real, even with the fake sayings.
The first half of the film was a little like watching paint dry for me. But when he began his trip overseas, something ...happened. Maybe it was his naivety or his generosity, but something happened.
We got to follow a short period in the life of a below average joe. We got to see the way he is treated by the people that so urgently need his services and we got to see into his personal life. We got to see that into his dysfunctional family life and his dysfunctional staff and more than that, we got to see into the dysfunctional society that is Australia and how you have to laugh or you really are up excrement creek without a paddle.
Big guy with a big heart.
And like mad max.... lets all pray to god he is still out there... somewhere....