Featured Actress: Yvette Duncan - Sometimes anticipation far exceeds reality. I enjoy films about garage bands and such; little guys trying to make it big. I also enjoy Australian films for the most part, because they show a slightly different culture that isn't so strange as to be incomprehensible to an American. So I was looking forward to this Australian comedy about a really bad garage band trying to make it. I was disappointed.
There was some funny parts, quite a few. In fact, it's a damned funny movie, for the most part. What there wasn't was enough MUSIC. Good or bad, a movie about a rock band needs music, a few performances or at least rehearsals to remind everyone that hey, this is about a rock band. Instead, although there was some rock background music, the band only performed at the very end (and they really were pretty bad).
Aside from that, what we have is a typical sex, drugs, and rock and roll story of a band trying to make it, by feuding with one another and just basically being stupid. Guess that trait isn't reserved for Americans.
This isn't a terrible movie, it just fell short of my expectations. If you watch the movie just looking for a comedy about a bunch of basic screwups, you'll probably enjoy it. If you want music, well, not much from this garage band.
