The Flip Side

A fun romp around Adelaide.... with Eddie Izzard!!!! In men's clothes, no less. This is a fun film about people with problems and how they handle them - incorrectly. And how they handle relationships badly. You know, just like us! I don't understand the slam reviews. This is a film worth watching for the lightness of it all. Plus - who can say no to an Eddie Izzard movie? And a hint of Tina Bursill, too, who plays a brilliant mom. There is a lot of travelling around the Australian countryside and in Adelaide itself that is beautiful. Is it perfect ? Nope. Is it worth a watch? Absolutely. Just sit back and enjoy all the flaws - and compare them to your own.

For a low budget film, kudos to all involved with this film. If you're an Aussie film fan it's a must watch, if you think a good film is a Hollywood block buster give it a miss. Much talent accompanied with some good Aussie humour.

I can see why the cinema elite don't like this movie, it's a bit too 'down to earth' for their tastes. And they probably realise it's poking fun at them. We loved it. It's different, funny, honest, set in Adelaide. The best line is from the mechanic, his opinion of what's wrong with Jeff's car.

I saw this as part of the oz film festival in London. What a lovely film. Well made, great direction, good script and acting was spot on. Made me homesick for Adelaide.

I really enjoy this movie. I've alway thought Emily Taheny is great - ever since I saw her performance in "It's A Date" playing Ronny Ching's love interest. I am so happy finally see her in a film as a leading lady. Go Emily Then!!!

What a waste of everyone's time. This film is so bad, it defies description. The acting is bad, bad, bad, especially from Henry's girlfriend Sophie. Have you ever heard a French person speaking English as a second language? No trace of a French accent at all. Henry just looked too old to be a hot movie star. The part about Veronica's boyfriend writing a book where a spider falls in love with a woman was so ridiculous and then Henry suggests changing the spider's role to a man and that is somehow "interesting". Henry who hadn't even read the book, decides to make it into a movie. Seriously? The obligatory kangaroo shows up of course, plus a boomerang just in case you didn't realise it's an Australian film and then to top if all off, a kangaroo "aggresses" one of the characters. If you value your time, don't waste it on this piece of garbage which was nothing but a waste of colour film.

Set and filmed entirely in Adelaide and its surrounds, this film offers many moments of recognition for anyone who lives in or has lived in South Australia. Not a particularly memorable film but not cringingly awful either. Direction and acting are competent enough and there is a human story here that is told with a certain wry humour but with few LOL moments. (A fake boomerang that turns out to be anything but is one, and Henry's girlfriend Sophie is a hoot.) Can' t agree with the newspaper critic who thought the film should only have lasted 50-60 minutes and that it was padded with unnecessary scenes. The bowling alley scene, for example, was part of things going ever more pear-shaped for a financially stressed Ronnie, and the Q and A scene brought out what a poseur and phoney Henry was.