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davidallanstein
Reviews
Mr. Reliable (1996)
Charming watch, for a dark and stormy night. No big deal.
One of those cute, little, low-budget efforts we got from small, undistinguished countries a few decades ago. Clever, but no searing profundity, textually or cinematographically.
Amusing; not rolling on the floor, hysterical.
Parker's cinematography is conventional, not in the least stunning, but the text doesn't deserve it.
Well, I just like films with a little more sinew, but this is Australian, after all, which is, I must admit, one of my least favourite "cultures". And ouch! that ACCENT.
A pleasant rental in the old VHS days, but wouldn't buy a DVD or travel three blocks to a cinema for it.
Tass and Parker, rather minor figures, who never made it to the very top tier, colonially or internationally, seem specialists in money-making sentimentality.
Cute.