Not even as good as I thought (or hoped) it possibly might have been is this first time feature effort from the D-Generation team.
The attempt at making a multi-layered satire of life in the working class suburbs for the average Aussie battlers falls flat, and all we're left with is a poorly dressed up, one-joke film that is not very funny. "The Castle" never manages to break you up, and much of the comedy is nothing but annoying. Especially bad is the running gag involving the dopey son.
To top it off, the guys have tried to add a serious message - a dramatic element - to the film, and it would be an understatement to say this is misplaced.
The cast end up looking silly trying to make something out of nothing, with the exception perhaps of Anne Tenney who manages her one-dimensional mum from the west quite well.
Tuesday, June 17, 1997 - Waverley Pinewood Cinema
The attempt at making a multi-layered satire of life in the working class suburbs for the average Aussie battlers falls flat, and all we're left with is a poorly dressed up, one-joke film that is not very funny. "The Castle" never manages to break you up, and much of the comedy is nothing but annoying. Especially bad is the running gag involving the dopey son.
To top it off, the guys have tried to add a serious message - a dramatic element - to the film, and it would be an understatement to say this is misplaced.
The cast end up looking silly trying to make something out of nothing, with the exception perhaps of Anne Tenney who manages her one-dimensional mum from the west quite well.
Tuesday, June 17, 1997 - Waverley Pinewood Cinema