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  • The Man Who Sued God
  • The Man Who Sued God review by Bobnessuk from London, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars G?day Cobber..Och yer gotta be jokin?! 12 February 2005
    ...is part with Glaswegian accent fully intact. Not only is this not explained but Colin Friels, who plays his brother, actually adopts a Scottish twang as well. Mind you, the...   Read customer review
  • Malcolm
  • Malcolm review by Essoldo from Bodmin
    Rated - 5.0 stars Lost classic! 23 July 2010
    ... I'd never heard of either) never puts a foot wrong. Brilliant performance from Colin Friels as the idiot savant Malcolm (who nowadays we would probably say had Asperger's)...   Read customer review

Colin Friels - filmography


  • Dead Men (2006)
    Starring: Colin Friels,  Tony Barry,  John Boxer
    Director: Morgan O'Neill
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Jack Barrett is the type of guy no one calls Jack. He works for a group of businessmen known as "The Gentlemen" who operate within the fertile realm of the Sydney Underworld. Stand over tactics, prostitution, illegal gambling, creative importation you name it, "The Gentlemen" are into it. And ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • The Book of Revelation on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Tom Long,  Greta Scacchi,  Colin Friels
    Director: Ana Kokkinos,  Ana Kokkinos
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Book Of Revelation is a story of sex, betrayal, and obsession. Daniel (Tom Long) is a successful dancer and, along with his partner and lover Bridget (Anna Torv), the toast of the dance world. But Tom is arrogant, and his ego is often his biggest stumbling block to greatness, or so claims his long ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 1,538 member
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  • Black And White on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Robert Carlyle,  Charles Dance,  Kerry Fox
    Director: Craig Lahiff
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    In 1950s Australia, Max Stuart, an illiterate Aborigine, is suddenly arrested by police for murdering a nine year old white girl. He crumbles under interrogation and signs a confession to the killing, signing away his right to life. Robert Carlyle and Kerry Fox play young, naive defence lawyers ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,128 members
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  • The Man Who Sued God on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Judy Davis,  Billy Connolly,  Judy Davis
    Director: Mark Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Directed by Mark Joffe, Australia's The Man Who Sued God centers around Steve (Billy Connelly), an ex-lawyer who is unable to collect insurance money for his destroyed boat. Deeming the accident an act of God, Steve decides to sue the man at the root of his problem -- namely, God. Anna (Judy Davis),..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 9,211 members
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  • Dark City - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: Rufus Sewell,  Kiefer Sutherland,  Jennifer Connelly
    Director: Alex Proyas
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Upon awakening with a start in an icy bathtub in a strange room--with a woman's dead body inconveniently nearby--John Murdoch can't remember how he got there. With a police detective hot on his trail and a psychiatrist skulking around, Murdoch discovers that the key to his mystery is the presence ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 3,068 members
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  • Dark City on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Rufus Sewell,  Kiefer Sutherland,  Jennifer Connelly
    Director: Alex Proyas
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Upon awakening with a start in an icy bathtub in a strange room--with a woman's dead body inconveniently nearby--John Murdoch can't remember how he got there. With a police detective hot on his trail and a psychiatrist skulking around, Murdoch discovers that the key to his mystery is the presence ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 11,806 members
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  • A Good Man in Africa (1994)
    Starring: Colin Friels,  Joanne Whalley,  Sean Connery
    Director: Bruce Beresford
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Based on a novel by William Boyd (who also wrote the film's screenplay), this darkly witty drama explores the political, social, and sexual gamesmanship of a group of British and African politicians. Morgan Leafy (Colin Friels) is a British diplomat who, for the past three years, has been assigned ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 31% from 6 members
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  • Stark - The Complete Series on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Ben Elton,  Colin Friels,  Deborra-Lee Furness
    Director: Nadia Tass
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An eco-comedy-thriller from the writer of Blackadder and The Young Ones. Stark is the richest and most secret society on earth. So why is it desperate to buy a worthless piece of Aboriginal land in the Australian outback? It already owns most of the earth and besides, Total Toxic Overload is ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 101 members
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  • Class Action on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Gene Hackman,  Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,  Joanna Merlin
    Director: Michael Apted
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A father and daughter, both attorneys, are on opposite sides in the courtroom. He's on the prosecuting side and she's for the defence. As father and daughter they become divided, and as attorneys, endangered by the truth. Gene Hackman plays Jedediah Tucker Ward an esteemed trial attorney who has ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 538 members
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  • Darkman on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Frances McDormand,  Colin Friels
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Neglecting Julie (Frances McDormand), his lawyer lady friend, Dr. Peyton Westlake (Liam Neeson) works feverishly to perfect his latest invention -- artificial skin that could be used to treat burn victims. Peyton himself falls victim to an explosion when one of Julie's crooked clients sends his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,800 members
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  • Malcolm on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Colin Friels,  Lindy Davies,  Chris Haywood
    Director: Nadia Tass
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Malcolm could easily come across as a lonely and reclusive misfit. People who would choose to judge him, could mistake him for some kind of an idiot, but let's have it right, Malcolm is actually a master of all things technical and quite the professor when it comes to engineering and gadgets. ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 275 members
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  • Kangaroo (1986)
    Starring: Judy Davis,  Judy Davis,  Colin Friels
    Director: Tim Burstall
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    D.H. Lawrence's tale of an idealist writer who flees the wreck of post-war Europe in search of a freer, more tolerant world in which to re-build his marriage. He and his wife settle in Australia and soon face the leader of a secret Fascist army who tries to bully them into embracing his ideas.
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 17 members
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Colin Friels facts

5 most recent films

The Eye of the Storm - 3 stars
Dead Men - 3 stars
The Book of Revelation - 2.0 stars
Black And White - 3.0 stars
The Man Who Sued God - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Malcolm - 4.0 stars
Dark City - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Dark City - 3.5 stars
Stark - The Complete Series - 3.0 stars
Class Action - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Dead Men - 3 stars
The Eye of the Storm - 3 stars
A Good Man in Africa - 1.5 stars
Kangaroo - 2.0 stars
Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Judy Davis - 4 times - show films
Judy Davis - 4 times - show films
Terr - 3 times - show films
Ian Richardson - 3 times - show films
Richard O'Brien - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Nadia Tass - 3 times - show films
Alex Proyas - 3 times - show films
Craig Lahiff - 2 times - show films
Mark Joffe - 2 times - show films
Ana Kokkinos - 1 times - show films