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1995 Certificate PG
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A family move out into the Australian outback where life is tough and the insects and vermin are hard to live with. Dad tries to make a go of it and ends up standing for election, but unfortunately he's risked the family finances to run. Read more

Starring Geoffrey Rush, Leo McKern, Joan Sutherland, Ray Barrett
Director George Whaley
Genres Comedy

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Dad And Dave: On Our Selection

A family move out into the Australian outback where life is tough and the insects and vermin are hard to live with. Dad tries to make a go of it and ends up standing for election, but unfortunately he's risked the family finances to run.

Starring Geoffrey Rush, Leo McKern, Joan Sutherland, Ray Barrett, Noah Taylor, Essie Davis, David Field
Director George Whaley
Studio CINEMA CLUB
Run time DVD: 1 hr 42 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 09 Aug 2004
Production year: 1995
Format DVD
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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Since they were adapted by Raymond Longford in the silent era and Ken G Hall in the late 1930s, the cod memoirs of Steele Rudd (written pseudonymously by Arthur Hoey) have fallen out of favour with Australian film-makers. Lampooning the caricature of the ocker Aussie, this revival not only reflects the nation's burgeoning self-image, but also reveals just how far cinema Down Under has come since the original series were produced. Leo McKern and Geoffrey Rush are ideally teamed as the Queenslanders striving to make the most of their unyielding farm, while Joan Sutherland provides the sense betwixt the bluster.

    • Radio Times
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  • 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    the most boring film ever

    maybe it was supposed to be, but it was excruciating to watch, difficult to hear (lots of mumbling and poor sound quality).

    Listen to the old radio serial on which this was based instead!

      • A customer from Coleshill, England
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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Down Under

    I quite enjoyed this although I didn't think I would. For some reason I had assumed this movie was set in the present and not the Nineteeth Century.

    Dad and Dave is described as a comedy which it is but don't expect any belly laughs. It's all very gentle and wholesome stuff with the backdrop of the Aussie outback as a nice bonus.

      • A customer from London, England
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