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7 out of 10 people found the following comment useful :- So dark, and so funny, 19 September 2008 Author: leask81 from adelaide, australia
Working for an obscure magazine, Ben (Zwar) tracks down faded TV soap star Darren McWarren (Gann) in a tiny broken-down coastal town outside Melbourne in order to interview him for a 'Where Are They Now?' segment. But when the reclusive Darren invites Ben to stay with him, his girlfriend Cindy (Beyersdorf) and his dogsbody Bruce (Denny), Ben gets more than he bargained for. *Very* dark (and very funny) comedy is brilliantly conceived by Gann, Zwar and Rogers, whose first successful creation was the Wilfred character (which emerged in a prizewinning 2002 Tropfest short). RATS AND CATS is much edgier, gloomier and subtler than WILFRED, as Zwar is superb as the straight foil to Gann's over-the-top narcissist. It's a shame this barely got a release.
3 out of 13 people found the following comment useful :- Strange they did a Russell Crowe movie and forgot to invite him, 20 May 2008 Author: conan-2 from Sydney, Australia
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This movie is a little off-kilter, never outright funny and unless you take this as a bit of social commentary of actors and in particular Russell Crowe, has little to say. The character is way too self-important. Some of the gags have a long set up for little reward. Basically, it is about a Aussie movie actor, who leaves the industry to live in a quiet little seaside town, who is tracked down by a journalist doing a "where are they now?" piece. Nobody seems to care that he is still there days later following him around, as a regular piece in the magazine it would not budget for such a in-depth piece and other than curiosity could not see the attraction he has to the actor, Darren McWarren. I hope I never make it to the location where it was shot as this form of seaside Victoria looks quite sad.I did not like the arty discordant music either.I hope this finds its market as I do not know who this was made for. Stay around after the credits for the final piece they tacked on where Darren McWarren speaks, it says volumes about the film and prophetically the Australian film industry.
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