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THE GREATEST AUSTRALIAN FILM
It may or may not translate but this is not simply a film it is a trove of Australian iconography. If you have lived in or visited Australia you will have heard countless references to to lines of dialogue in this film that are so rooted into the lexicon that people say them without understanding it's a reference.
I saw this again in December in a theatre full of older Australians and every joke hit. But it's not all laughs there are tender moments between the Kerrigan's as they fight against the man for their home. It's an embodiment of what it means to be an Aussie battler and finding joy and pleasure in the simple things. We know we're not flash but isn't that the point? You laugh when you hear an iconic line firstly because it's funny but secondly because it reminds you of all the times you've said or heard that line or something very close to in the real world and although we're not a perfect country but I wouldn't want to call any other place home.
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@cooljoe7
Jan 23, 2024
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@matty_huynh
I first saw this because we had to study it in Legal Studies class!
Feb 5, 2024
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@jessisonline
Omg I was literally in Bonnie Doon 2 days ago. The serenity 😫
Jan 24, 2024
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@tewigleben
... My husband told me about this when we first got married. He watched this with his parents and all those jokes have become family inside memes and I love it so deeply because of that and the humanity that resonates within the humor. https://youtu.be/qTUcFhCim_A?feature=shared
Jan 24, 2024
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@emermaid
an aussie pal i met when doing my masters showed me and some other friends this film several years ago. boy it slaps. now that’s going in the pool room
Jan 23, 2024
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