Stephen Collins, Claudia Karvan, Hugh Jackman
In a remote outback community, tomboyish Ruby Vale runs the town's only eatery, the Boomerang Cafe. She is engaged to marry a stuffy man named Hamish, but prefers to spend much of her time with her be...( read more
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I really liked this little indie film set in Australia. Hugh Jackman did a great job playing the rough and rowdy trucker who's secretly been writing romance novels. Before he knows it, they're a big hit but he's afraid of what people might say if they knew a man had written those...( read more)
If Hugh Jackman had made this only a few years later with a Hollywood studio, it probably would have been one of the bigger romantic comedy hits of the year. The script is adorable. If not perfect, it's definitely better than the average entry from the genre. High concept, well-w...( read more)
This movie was cringeworthy! I am sure it must of been a Mills and Boon book in another life.
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