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Louis is a young Sydney amateur theater director at his first experience: he is offered a job with a Governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution for me...( read more 
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MCT:April 11, 2008The basic premise of staging Mozart's comic opera `Cosi Fan Tutte' in a mental institution would seem like a recipe for disaster, but here it is also used as an opportunity to lightly explore some aspects of the human condition. An inexperienced but aspirational, if not exactly talented, director (Lewis) is given the task of putting on a variety show for the hospital's aloof administrator (Tony Llewellyn-Jones; Picnic at Hanging Rock), his like-wise ?caring' colleagues (excepting Colin Friels as the compassionate Errol) and the minister for health. Ben Mendelsohn (The Year My Voice Broke) in his mainly low-key performance as Lewis is a superb foil to the rest of the manic protagonists. An overwrought Barry Otto (Strictly Ballroom & Lilian's Story) is Roy with his rather grandiose visions who commandeers this project and coerces Lewis into rebelling against his directive, to stage the opera instead. Mark Joffe's Australian bawdy and riotous romp is played unashamedly for laughs, very much in the style of `Strictly Ballroom' and `Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert', rather than `One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest', the benchmark for films of psychiatric patients finding themselves, lacking its depths of pathos and tragedy. In fact all the various psychoses are portrayed for their potential humour and the extremeness of the asylum residents' conditions are somehow subdued, presumably by medication, to enable them to work together. The `clients' backgrounds are sketchily drawn and we are not allowed to dwell for too long on how damaged so many people become by the behaviour of others towards them. An offensive pyromaniac (David Wenham) tells us how he tortured cats and in a rare serious moment, suicidally depressed Ruth (Pamela Rabe; Sirens) is seen toying with slashing her wrists (we are told the difference between the cry for help and the sure-fire method), but the film swiftly diverts our attention. The central issue of the opera regarding double standards by men towards women's fidelity is touched upon, but not developed satisfyingly, with the examination of Lewis' own relationship and his attraction to the talented member of his cast, Julie, a recovering junkie. Meanwhile Lewis' parasitic `mate', Nick (Aden Young), his ill-advised inspiration as a director, is seen to be a pretentious buffoon with half-baked theories such as `the crucial key is to find out what sort of animal the actor is', and unsuccessfully tries to make a cuckold of him. If you are able to ignore the implausibility of it all, and to see a group of socially challenged individuals overcoming some of their problems to step out of themselves, if only for a brief moment on the stage, then you may still find your spirit uplifted and enjoy this as I did.
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MCT:March 20, 2008This is a great flic. Collette is as good as she always is and the rest of the cast do a great job too.
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MCT:November 19, 2007
One of Australia's best plays is transferred to screen in a good Aussie production, but in my opinion not true enough to the original play (Even though the script was written by the same person who wrote the play). The cast of the film is largely the original cast of the play when it was performed for the first time on stage so it's a real treat (David Wenham is perfect as Doug, I could barely recognise him!). The plot of the movie follows Lewis (Mendelsohn), who is a Sydney amateur stage play director who is looking for work. For his first experience he is hired to be a director of a stage play acted out by a bunch of mental patients from a mental asylum. He is greeted by a mental patient named Roy (Otto) who insists that the play they do is 'Cosė fan tutte', a play by Mozart. Considering the fact that the whole play is in Italian, it's an opera, none of the performers can sing opera and the orchestra is frequently comatose, this is going to be an interesting experience. People who know the play will smile at the many lines taken directly from the play, but those who love the original play a lot and can't imagine it being any different will most likely loathe the film. Overall the film was good and rather funny, but it was a wasted opportunity; the original cast would have done superbly acting out a script more faithful to the source material.
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MCT:August 21, 2007Roy: We're going to do "Cosi Fan Tutte", the opera.
Doug: What, Little Richard wrote an opera? Tutti Fruiti the opera?
Roy: It's an opera by Mozart, you low life.
I loved this movie, the characters were very entertaining and funny. My favorite was Roy, he was a hoot and a force that can't be reckoned with. Crazy characters (literally) plus Mozart, a perfect match. -
MCT:August 2, 2007
I just love watching volatile people all put together and seeing the reactions that come out of it- Ive worked in Psych units- there is some truth in this one and good humour as well - oh and David Wehnam being a sociopath!
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MCT:June 24, 2007
Not many people that I know have even heard of this movie, but I thought it was pretty good. I love the part where Doug (David Wenham) 'borrows' a matchbook from some people, then lights a trashcan on fire.
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MCT:April 24, 2007
I really liked this move. Was a little eccentric and very funny in parts. Don't expect a fast paced flick but definatrly a feel good and interesting spin on a common social issue
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MCT:April 23, 2007
An interesting tale that I quite enjoyed. Probably not as well suited for an international audience.
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MCT:April 23, 2007I saw this fim years ago and it is poor in my opinion. I found it extremely boring, the climax of the movie was more of an anticlimax. Only midly funny.
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MCT:March 11, 2007The play itself is good, with the plot and concept, but the actors kinda just killed it. Try watching a live theatre play of it. Much better :)
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MCT:November 16, 2006
A really heartfelt film with a lot of really strong performances and some really good writing. It has its weaker acting, too, and contains its fair share of cliches, but it's still a really enjoyable movie that hits a lot of themes and spectrums.
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MCT:March 21, 2006
OMG! This is a champ movie... I just saw it recently... The auditions near the beginning are hilarious! :)
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