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There are films about monstrously overbearing moms, often played by Shelley Winters (e.g. Patch of Blue; Next Stop Greenwich Village; Bloody Mama), and there are those "heartwarming" coming-of-age/losing-one's-virginity cinematic treats (Summer of '42; Raising Victor Vargas; Roger Dodger).
Australia's entry into this field, 'Introducing the Dwights, consolidates the best elements of both genres to create a whacky, touching, sexy, biting comedy.
First of all, center stage, there's divorced Jean (Brenda Blethyn), a would-be top-notch comedienne who's saddled with two grown boys: one mentally disabled, the other a virgin. Jean, who works days as a cook in some sort of factory kitchen, at night peddles her long-in-the-tooth act at local nightspots. Dreaming of making it big as she believes she would have in England if she hadn't married her lads' dad and moved Down Under, this gal's not a very happy camper.
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