Introducing the Dwights (2006)
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52% of critics liked it
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48% of users liked it
(11,352 ratings)
An already-unstable household becomes a virtual battle zone when the son of a risquà (C) comedienne and a has-been singer finds mom meddling in his love life in director Cherie Nowlan's dysfunctional romantic comedy. Twenty-one-year-old Tim Dwight (Khan Chittenden) comes from a peculiar family;… More An already-unstable household becomes a virtual battle zone when the son of a risquà (C) comedienne and a has-been singer finds mom meddling in his love life in director Cherie Nowlan's dysfunctional romantic comedy. Twenty-one-year-old Tim Dwight (Khan Chittenden) comes from a peculiar family; his mother, Jean (Brenda Blethyn), is a bawdy stage comic renowned for her scatological sense of humor and his father, John (Frankie J. Holden), is a faded country-music star who now works as a low-rent security guard. While dad is busy trying to revive his flat-lined career, mom spends most of her time doting on Tim and his developmentally disabled brother, Mark (Richard Wilson). Upon meeting the beautiful Jill (Emma Booth), Tim believes his may have finally found the woman of his dreams. Unfortunately in Jean's eyes there is only room for one woman in Tim's life, and that woman is his mother. As Tim's relationship with Jill grows increasingly serious, the stage is set for a battle royal between the woman who once gave him life and the prospective mother of his future children. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Cherie Nowlan, Mary Lambert
- Written By
- Keith Thompson
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Aug 3, 2007 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Independent
Critic Reviews
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Claudia Puig, USA Today
Introducing the Dwights is funny and poignant, with a tour-de-force performance by British actress Brenda Blethyn.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
One of those quirky Australian comedies that's almost as charming and sharp as it thinks it is.
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Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
It's time we all met the Dwights.
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Christy Lemire, Associated Press
There's nothing lovely, however, about the movie's bombastic ending, but there are enough small moments until then to make this mixed-up experience vaguely worthwhile.
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Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Sometimes Brenda Blethyn is content merely to nibble the scenery. In Introducing the Dwights, a drippy Australian family comedy caper, she chomps it to a pulp until we long for her straightforward monstrosity as a mother in Little Voice.
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Cast
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Brenda Blethyn
as Jean Dwight
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Khan Chittenden
as Tim Dwight
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Emma Booth
as Jill
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Frankie J. Holden
as John
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Richard Wilson
as Mark Dwight
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Rebecca Gibney
as Lana
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Philip Quast
as Ronnie
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Russell Dykstra
as Shane
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Katie Wall
as Kelly
- Brendan Clearkin
- Richard Wilson (VII)
- Peter Callan
