Comwayon
A Disappointing Continuation
Ogosmith
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
Quiet Muffin
This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
Cissy Évelyne
It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
iralarry
Fall in love with movies again with this charming and lovely little piece. Cute and wonderful, inspiring and as uplifting as a hundred helium balloons! Them Aussies do it as well as any Hollywood production studio. Smiled all the way to work the next day.Working class mans humdrum existence mixed with quiet desperation and crazy imagination come together with predictable but charming results in this campy humor romp set in a quiet, lazy town in Australia. Despite the obvious outcome, the antics and genuine sweetness of this romantic comedy hit a high mark with me. The actors are sound, have great chemistry and the screen play was more than adequate.
jdandtex
I just saw this on IFC this morning and I thought it was a charming film. Australia has a habit of making slightly off the beaten track films that really appeal to me and this is certainly one of them. I've liked Rhys Ifans since seeing him in "Notting Hill". This was the first time that I've seen him as the leading man and it wouldn't hurt if he fell into my back yard like he did in the movie. Miranda Otto is always good. I liked the town where landed because so many of us would like to have a bit more of a slower pace of life in our own lives. I recommend this highly and hope that any of you who see it enjoy it as much as I did.
badmuthahubbard
One of the most agonizing script-writing shortcuts is to have a character go 180 degrees from one scene to the next, in one moment being full of love and affection and understanding, and then for whatever reason refusing to talk to the main character, rushing out rudely and refusing any explanation from the main character, in the most unreasonable way. You're not supposed to wonder why this person would do this, you're just supposed to feel the hurt and rejection. If you like these kinds of scenes, buy this movie. Everything about this movie is predictable, tries to be deep and meaningful, and proceeds on the assumption that you've never seen a movie before. An utter failure.
melliott-7
This film is loosely based on the July 2, 1982 flight of Larry Walters, 'Lawnchair Larry'. Most that know of it think that Larry's flight in a lawn chair, aided by 45 weather balloons, to an altitude of 11,000 to 16,000 feet is an 'urban legend', but it really indeed happened. There were scores of witnesses including two airline pilots who reported the sighting to the air traffic controllers at local airport. He actually was fined by the FAA on several charges, all of which are really hilarious when you read the story. Get on the Internet and read about the flight and Larry's life because the facts of what really happened are more inspiring than this movie!
