It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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I love locally made low-budget movies so have watched my fair share. When I saw this was coming out, I had high hopes as it just sounded like another cult movie possibility. However when you compare this to Australian movies like Crackerjack and The Castle - it really doesn't cut the mustard for a 'low budget' movie. Felt they could've done a lot more with a national past time like backyard cricket and the movie was padded out with a weak storyline. The characters had no depth, the English ones were way over the top with their accents. I think this movie made me laugh once. You can probably tell I'm disappointed, that's because I am.

A really entertaining comedy with catching characters, terrific actors and dialogues so nice that you are left under the impression that the Authors had much more material than that they had to squeeze in the movie.The script is so sound that it could easily be a novel instead of a movie. And as in good novels it gets better and better as the story goes on and those people you could find a little annoying at the beginning you'll end loving in the final. I look forward to seeing more from Mark Grentell, Peter Cox and this really talented lot.And, by the way, I can't play Cricket or have the faintest idea what the bloody rules could be.

People have been ranting and raving about all these excellent comedies coming out of Hollywood, but they are often unaware of these low-budget films that can put them to shame. This is one of them.Dougie Waters (yes, a pun on the great Doug Walters)loves a game of backyard cricket with his friends Spock, Merv, Bin, Taka, Norm and his daughter Kerri. However, when Edward Lords, a pompous, uptight English administrator moves in and fires Norm, Dougie and co. start to resent him. Tensions reach a head when Dougie accidentally kills Edward's prize-winning cat, Dexter. A backyard cricket match of epic proportions is arranged, with the winner keeping the cat's ashes.Andrew S. Gilbert of "Round the Twist" fame heads the fairly unknown but excellent cast as Dougie, and he captures the "larrikin Aussie" character perfectly.Felix Williamson plays the moustache-twirling Edward Lords, the villain of the story. It'd be easy to turn Lords into the all-evil character, but Williamson manages to give the impression that Lords is under a lot of pressure.Damian Callinan, another of the outstanding actors in the film, plays Spock. It's fitting that he provides most of the one-liners in the film (when speaking to the English players: "Better not touch those beers, boys. they'd be too cold for ya") seeing that he is a comedian. You can see that Callinan relishes the role, and never misses a beat with his jokes.The film has also provided the chance for young actors to get on screen as well. This young cast is headed by Maddison Smith-Catlin, and she does a fine job of playing the young Australian version of the girl-next-door. Something tells me that we may see her in a big Hollywood comedy in 10 years' time.All in all, this is a well-acted, smartly written, wonderfully directed Aussie cricket comedy that outperforms many big Hollywood ones on a $285,000 budget. I really hope they make this into a franchise, but that's probably just wishful thinking.Overall, 10/10