Chummy father-son relationship, idealized beyond the boundary of mendacity. Chummy character-spectator relationship also, fostered through direct address to the camera: "He's very wrought-up" and "It's true Grandma was a dyke -- well, a lesbian" and so on. (This device is maintained even after the stroke that prevents the father from speaking to anyone on screen, even if not off it.) The two principals live by themselves under one roof, heterosexual and homosexual, looking for love in opposite directions, giving and getting plenty of nonjudgmental encouragement. The nervous courting stage of romance is, on both sides, well and warmly portrayed. And the whole show is sweet and decent, if just a trifle preachy, and almost delusionally upbeat. With Jack Thompson and Russell Crowe; written (from his own stage play) by David Stevens; co-directed by Kevin Dowling and cameraman Geoff Burton. (1994) — Duncan Shepherd
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