Product Description

A darkly humorous search for love, meaning and bathroom solitude. Faithful to the cult novel by John Birmingham upon which it is based, the film follows Danny (Noah Taylor) through a series of shared housing experiences in a succession of cities on the east coast of Australia. Together these vignettes form a forceful, sometimes turbulent narrative that leaves the viewer entertained, exhausted and surprisingly reflective.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #49196 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-01-01
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 107 minutes

Customer Reviews

a really really good view
Based on the strange and very interesting book of "ugly roomers" (of the same name as the film), this doesn't have all the funny hell raising laughs brought by the book, but the tone and the flavor are there.

There's no other film like this, and it's hard to put forth reasons why it's so good. It often approaches humiliation, often angry, often stupid, often...stirred with a chainsaw...blended into an integrated whole.

An overlooked masterpiece. No other way to describe it. The paperback it was based on often fetches big bucks, and that's worth a reading or three.

indie to the core
An outrageously indie film that attempts to make death meaningful or to make a meaningful film. The movie is funny and sad and reflective at times, but on the whole, seems rather disjointed. Overall, it's a good overlook of the existential struggle that 20-somethings face about life, relationships, and living arrangements.

An Excellent Film
After we watched this film and thoroughly enjoyed it, my wife said, "I'd like to see how you're going to review this." Um, yeah.

Well, I hung my four stars on it. That's a great start. Then I read the other reviews here. I see most of them had the same problem, but one reviewer led off with cane toads and golf clubs and pretty much nailed it.

You can see all the awards, every one well-deserved. It was faithful to the tone of the novel, which my wife has read and which I'll find. And then you can read all these reviews and still wonder what this movie is about. That's the beauty of it. You'll love it.

"I want something different," you think, meaning different in a good way. Well, you found it.