Watch: You and Your Stupid Mate 2005 123movies, Full Movie Online – Best friends Jeffrey and Philip embark on a ridiculous scheme to save their favorite TV soap, “Sons of Surf.” In HD..
Plot: Phillip (Phillips) and Geoffrey (Sampson) are two Aussie larrikins, whose lives centre around running the un-official “Sons and Surf” website…
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Tight, charming Aussie comedy
This is one of the freshest, most unpretentious, least self-conscious Australian features of recent memory. It is a lowbrow comedy aimed directly at teenage boys — that said, its inherent charm also makes it a shrewd bet for any age.Though the opening flashback of our two “heroes” (Jeffrey and Philip as kids) falls a little flat, the strong script (by Dave O’Neil and Mark O’Toole) and uncluttered direction ( by Marc Gracie) combine to birth a very likable comedy.
Though YOU AND YOUR STUPID MATE is spawned from the genre that gave us DUDE WHERE’S MY CAR, ROAD TRIP and FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH, it is a far less cynical piece than those movies and is populated by characters you might have found in a Bill Forsyth film (from the early 80’s) such as GREGORY’S GIRL, THAT SINKING FEELING and LOCAL HERO, or the underrated Aussie gem FAST TALKING.
Though the film’s trailer promises a movie about the adventures of two obnoxious slackers, the lead characters (played sweetly by Nathan Philips and Angus Sampson) are, in fact, charming innocents, who learn a valuable lesson in friendship.
Where MATE shines is in its casting and supporting character roster. William McInnes is superb as the disaffected boss of a government employment agency who endures terrible flashbacks of being mocked by scouts. Rachel Hunter is simply gorgeous as a woman (with five cute daughters) who lives in the same trailer park as Jeffrey and Philip. In one magical scene, one of the boys looks lovingly at her and declares: “Wow, she’s so fertile.” The reference to “Sailing”, a song sung by Rachel’s ex- (Rod Stewart), is inspired, too.
STUPID MATE is stuffed with charming asides like this and also boasts a few surreal cinematic detours into characters’ pasts; one sequence, set in Somalia, is very funny; also worth a mention is a sequence in which Evo, a soap hunk (played by Tayler Kane), flashes back to a lifetime of fans taking the mickey out of his on-screen character.
All is resolved in a fashion consistent with the film’s tone and general sense of innocence.
A very fine effort.
You and your stupid Film
It’s a shameful fact, but this is an Australian film. It has stained any chance that Australia ever had to become a country known for making good films. This is actually a really big shame, as Australia has made some excellent films in the past, and although it wouldn’t be able to match up to films such as Getting’ Square, the writers of this film could have at least made an effort instead of the garbage put before the Austrlain public.If it can be called a story, You and your Stupid Mate is a story about two brain dead friends, sharing what is a combination of a caravan and a tent. They spend their dole bludging days watching a home and away like TV series. However their boring little lives are destroyed once they find out that the network plans to axe the show. It’s at this point they decide to make it their mission to save the show and will go to any lengths to do so.
So goodbye to the Australain Film industry. The writers of this film should hang out at funerals more often, because maybe then they can get some funnier material than what they managed to come up with. If a dead man was propped up on a stick, he could have done a better acting job then Nathan Phillips and Angus Sampson. The plot was about as riveting as a plain bread sandwich and the only thing that any members of the Austrlain film industry can hope for is that once something hits the bottom, things can only go upwards.
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Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 25 min (85 min)
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Rated R
Genre Comedy
Director Marc Gracie
Writer Dave O’Neil, Mark O’Toole
Actors Owen Luby, Stephen O’Connor, Nathan Phillips
Country Australia
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