Introducing the Dwights (2007)

Country: Australia
Director: Cherie Nowlan
Production Co: Warner Independent,Warner Bros.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rating: 6.4/10
Length: 109 mins

Storyline

Tim, in his early 20s, is quiet, dependable, and held close by his mother, Jean, who works long hours at a Sydney canteen and then does stand-up at night, talking constantly about what might have been (if she'd stayed in England, if she'd had no children, if her younger son Mark weren't mildly disabled). She gets enough club work to keep hope alive. They've bought a moving van, and Tim meets Jill, falling for her but finding the challenges of sex, his mother's prying, and his brother's needs more than he can handle. The family - as well as Tim and Jill's relationship - is on the edge of crisis, accident, or, in Jane's case, self-destruction. Are family dynamics set in stone?—

Plot Keywords

self esteem, video camera, video tape, hand on crotch, crotch grab, flatulence, stand up comedian, handicapped person, country music, guitar, magician, bus, listening to music, bra, telephone, telephone call, bikini, swimming pool, disability, disabled person

Short Review

It doesn't quite add up as a convincingly rounded drama, thanks largely to a tepid feelgood ending, but there are many good moments - and the expert acting from Blethyn alone is worth the price of a ticket.