"Occasional Coarse Language" is a pretty entertaining, though not particularly memorable, late-'90s flick from Australia.
For some reason I always remembered seeing the ads for this movie on TV back in 1998. The movie must have had a pretty forceful advertising campaign, but it apparently didn't work, because the movie is now completely forgotten.
The movie feels genuine and spontaneous and is mostly plotless. I wonder if much of the dialogue was adlibbed: it's natural enough that it may not have been scripted. It's also the kind of movie where the low budget is a help to it, not a hindrance. It just feels real.
It also has a soundtrack with songs that will be instantly recognisable for any Australian that was young in the '90s, with tracks by You Am I, Spiderbait, Jebediah. One of my favourite songs from that era of Australian music also features prominently on the soundtrack: "Even When I'm Sleeping" by Leonardo's Bride.
A movie like this wouldn't work at all without an engaging star performance and its lead actress provides that in spades. It sucks she was only in one other production before vanishing completely: one episode of the cult, early '00s comedy "Life Support".
I hope her scarce credits were not due to a lack of opportunity, because based off of her performance in this movie, she deserved plenty of job offers.
It's nice to think that instead she just changed her mind about becoming an actress.
For some reason I always remembered seeing the ads for this movie on TV back in 1998. The movie must have had a pretty forceful advertising campaign, but it apparently didn't work, because the movie is now completely forgotten.
The movie feels genuine and spontaneous and is mostly plotless. I wonder if much of the dialogue was adlibbed: it's natural enough that it may not have been scripted. It's also the kind of movie where the low budget is a help to it, not a hindrance. It just feels real.
It also has a soundtrack with songs that will be instantly recognisable for any Australian that was young in the '90s, with tracks by You Am I, Spiderbait, Jebediah. One of my favourite songs from that era of Australian music also features prominently on the soundtrack: "Even When I'm Sleeping" by Leonardo's Bride.
A movie like this wouldn't work at all without an engaging star performance and its lead actress provides that in spades. It sucks she was only in one other production before vanishing completely: one episode of the cult, early '00s comedy "Life Support".
I hope her scarce credits were not due to a lack of opportunity, because based off of her performance in this movie, she deserved plenty of job offers.
It's nice to think that instead she just changed her mind about becoming an actress.