Three Blind Mice (2008)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Matthew Newton

Writer:

Matthew Newton (writer)

Release Date:

20 August 2009 (Australia)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

See how they run...

Plot:

Three young Navy officers hit Sydney for one last night on land before being shipped over to the Gulf to fight...

Plot Keywords:

Sydney Australia | Naval Officer | Animal In Title | Number In Title

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Ewen Leslie	...	Sam
Toby Schmitz	...	Dean
Matthew Newton	...	Harry
Tina Bursill	...	Candy
Brendan Cowell	...	Glenn
Alex Dimitriades	...	Tony
Bob Franklin	...	Warren
Marcus Graham	...	John
Jody Kennedy	...	Ester
Eloise Mignon	...	Grace
Pia Miranda	...	Sally
Heather Mitchell	...	Kathy
Barry Otto	...	Fred
Gracie Otto	...	Emma
Sophie Scarf	...	Kristy

Runtime:

Canada:94 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Dirty Rat Films

Excellent Australian dialogue-driven film

Saw this at the Dublin film festival. The set-up is basically this: 3 navy guys are given shore-leave and what we are presented with is a drama through one night where we see their (mis)adventures as they wander the streets and bars in search of a good time. Except there's a bit more to it than that....details of an incident aboard their ship is slowly revealed throughout the film and is weaved beautifully into this premise. Its the sort of thing which would also work as a play, but I've always liked filmed plays like Glengarry Glen Ross anyway. Thats not to say that this isn't an original work (I'm pretty sure this is an original screenplay and all the more impressive for it). There is also the (in)famous Australian sense of humour at play in this film. For me this is an unquestionably positive ingredient in this work but I found that at my screening of the film most people weren't laughing at the same time as me. Either... 1: I was out of touch with the film's sensibility completely or....2: It was one these audiences which failed to click with the whole thrust of the movie. I am convinced it was the latter.