| | Introducing The Dwights DVD
| Category | Comedies DVDs, Romance Movies, Family Interaction Videos, Coming Of Age, Comedians/Comediennes, Family Life | | Starring | Brenda Blethyn, Richard Wilson, Russell Dykstra, Rebecca Gibney, Emma Booth, Khan Chittenden, Frankie J. Holden, Philip Quast | | Director | Cherie Nowlan | | Composer | Martin Armiger | | Director of Photography | Mark Wareham | | Producer | Rosemary Blight | | Screenwriter | Keith Thompson |
A sexual coming of age comedy about a shy and inexperienced 20 year-old, his raucous comedienne mother, and his assertive, accidentally funny girlfriend. Director: Cherie Nowland. Actors: Brenda Blethyn, Khan Chittenden, Richard (Vii) Wilson, Russell Dykstra. This Australian coming-of-age comedy/drama features SECRETS AND LIES star Brenda Blethyn as Jeannie, a semi-monstrous mom who gave up a promising career as a British comic to move Down Under and marry a one-hit wonder country singer. One of her two sons is mentally handicapped (Richard Wilson); the other is a sensitive kid named Tim (Kham Chittenden), whose sexual maturity has been waylaid by his clingy mom's fear of being abandoned again (her husband--understandably--left her). He's got to look after his brother and drive Mom to her local club gigs as she attempts a comeback. Complications arise when Tim meets Jill (Emma Booth), a girl cute and bright enough to be worth standing up to his mother for. Director Cherie Nowlan stages the ensuing family fracas in the style of Australia's and England's past working-class comedy hits, like MURIEL'S WEDDING and LIFE IS SWEET. This suits the larger-than-life talents of Blethyn just fine: over the top is her natural habitat and here she inhabits it body and soul. The broad comic strokes are nicely balanced by some subtle shading in the sensitive romance between Tim and his Jill. Chittenden is very likeable, and his sensitivity makes a nice foil for the histrionics on display. Still, it's Blethyn's show all the way (she also wrote much of her own stand-up material), and fans of her work in the films of Mike Leigh will be happy with the warm, improvisatory feel of much of INTRODUCING THE DWIGHTS (or CLUBLAND as it's known in Australia). Introducing The Dwights Reviews: "Blethyn is the perfect choice for such a role. She expertly communicated emotional fragility and barely contained hysteria in Mike Leigh's SECRETS & LIES and does so again here."-- Anna Smith, Sight and Sound "A charming coming-of-age comedy from Down Under that pits young love against old disappointments..."-- Chad Greene, Box Office
This is the only Frankie J. Holden video. Stars also making their debut in this video: Cherie Nowlan. Introducing The Dwights | List Price | $19.97 (You save $4.92) | | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 2007 | | All Time Sales Rank |  74934  | | CD Universe Part number | 7570706 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 30, 2008 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | for sexual content and language. | | Also Known As | Clubland | | Running Time | 106 Minutes | | Movie Details | Color |
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