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There is just something about independent Australian films. They have a knack for examining the lives of deeply flawed people in gritty, less-than-perfect situations and yet still somehow manage to end in such a manner that allows you to leave the theater feeling both good about the characters and about yourself. Case in point: Introducing the Dwights.
The film stars Brenda Blethyn as Jean, a risqué comedienne who calls herself The Raunchy Homemaker and still hopes to make it big despite being "on the wrong side of 50." She was a rising star once, back in her native England, but she married John (Frankie J. Holden), a traveling musician from Australia, and moved Down Under with him - where she promptly became pregnant. Little did she know then that John would be a one-hit-wonder, that her eldest son would be mentally handicapped, that her marriage would end in a bitter divorce, and that she'd have to sacrifice her dreams of stardom to work menial jobs in order to feed her family.
© Brandon Fibbs
