Review of Under the Lighthouse Dancing

Evan Williams' review of this film (available in the "outside reviews" link) is spot-on. The film is a piece of yuppy pap. It looks good but suffers from a total lack of content outside the compulsory pathos of a cancer victim who manages never to have her make-up ruffled despite her affliction. Six friends form the core of the cast but there are two of these whose total contribution to the plot seems to consist of alternating between smiling meaningfully and looking fetchingly sad.

I began watching it hoping to see nostalgic reminders of home and finished wondering how Australian tax dollars could have gone to finance something "based on a true story" which is just an exercise in pretentious navel-gazing.

Best avoided, I'd say.