Review of The Rage in Placid Lake

I didn't think it was possible that Ben Lee could act worse than he can sing, but I stand corrected. Although it's not entirely his fault that this movie is an embarrassment to the Australian film industry - equally to blame is whichever thirteen year old who wrote the script. Appalling. Even Gary Mcdonald can't make his lines work, and he is an amazing actor. Rose Byrne is her usual plank of wood self. Pretty, doe- eyed, and vacant. The dialogue between the two main characters is similar to the dialogue between characters in Dawsons Creek, trying very hard to be clever, but coming off sounding very try- hard. Ben Lee in particular blurts out his lines with a self- satisfied look on his face throughout the whole movie. I was not a bully in my high school days, but I would have been if Ben was there. I would definitely have pushed him down the stairs on more than one occasion. I was hoping his character would die a horrible death, and that rose Byrne's character would go into a coma permanently.