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Summary:
Brenda Blethyn is an utter delight as the nutty matriarch of this dysfunctional Aussie family in Cherie Nowlan's surprisingly fresh take on the genre.
Story:
The Dwights are a dysfunctional family going through changes as divorced mother Jeannie Dwight (Brenda Blethyn) deals with pitfalls in her career as a performer and has to face the fact that her two sons Tim and Mark are ready to leave her nest as they each get involved with girls. Tim (Khan Chittenden) is a shy introverted boy who becomes involved with a pretty girl named Jill (Emma Booth), while his older mentally-challenged brother Mark is also looking to get out on his own.
Analysis:
When Cherie Nowlan's second feature film played at the Sundance Film Festival, it was called Clubland and though its new title might seem like a strange change, it's far more appropriate to the nature of the story and tone of the film than the film's original somewhat generic title. On the surface, it's yet another indie dramedy about a dysfunctional comedy that's funny and charming one moment and dramatic the next, though the writing and acting elevate it far above its similar American counterparts.
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