You won't be disappointed!

I wanted to but couldn't!

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

this movie is not at all what I expected. Sam Neill waltzes in about every 4th or 5th scene, says about 2 lines, and leaves. if you are a fan of john Goodman, this would be a great movie. but don't watch it to see Sam. you'll be sorely disappointed, as I was. the only reason I gave it a 5 was because of a couple of twists that were worth the waste of time.showing the "heart" side of the Australian mob is not really the best plot in the world, either. if you are a big mob movie fan, this in no way is as interesting as the godfather or scarface. but if you like police corruption, you're in.

A nice little mix of genres; gangster movie, period flick, fish out of water story, and even a travelogue!The cast is excellent, even though I have trouble buying John Goodman (an actor I adore) as a wiseguy. Sam Worthington comes across great as a slightly naive kid with a good heart just rolling with the punches and unsure of himself. Bryan Brown performs admirably, Toni Collette continues to wow me (I had no idea she was actually an Aussie) and the rest of the cast acquits themselves well.All in all, a really charming movie chock full of 60's era flourishes and cultural differences. Very entertaining.

Approached this one with caution after some iffy reviews, but shouldn't have worried.David Caesar shows he can handle big cast, big story, big entertainment;not just the character-driven, quirky little films he does so well.Bryan Brown shows there's still no better dinki-di larrikin than him. Sometimes it wears thin, but here, it;s just right. All the cast are at their best, especially Sam Neill, who plays completely against type delightfully. The two young stars are good too, and Felix Williamson all but steals the show as John Goodman's not-too-bright, but definitely too vicious sidekick.The 1969 Sydney underworld setting is wonderfully captured (even to accurately having Hair playing at the Metro Theatre), and its great to here so many old songs, and old Aussie sayings, that are barely remembered (and no, hardly anyone had heard of pizzas here then, except in the lyrics of "That's Amore".)The design and camerawork are eyecatching, and all in all, while its not the deepest Australian film ever, it's very entertaining.

I seem to be among the majority of reviewers, who didn't find anything terribly objectionable about Dirty Deeds, but nothing particularly praiseworthy either. Great cast of actors, somewhat wasted on an ordinary and very predictable script. Lovely outfits and wallpaper, but none of the characters had enough depth to make me see them more than the actors who were playing them.