One of those quirky Australian comedies that’s almost as charming and sharp as it thinks it is.
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07/31/07
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Introducing The Dwights (2007)
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Reviews Counted:85
Fresh:45
Rotten:40
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: Despite the strength of its earnest portrayal of family dysfunction, Introducing the Dwights is predictable and tries too hard to be quirky.
Theatrical Release:Jul 4, 2007 Limited
Box Office: $263,040
Synopsis: This Australian coming-of-age comedy/drama features SECRETS AND LIES star Brenda Blethyn as Jeannie, a semi-monstrous mom who gave up a promising career as a British comic to move Down Under and... [More]
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Richard Wilson, Khan Chittenden, Frankie J. Holden
Director: Cherie Nowlan
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Reviews for Introducing The Dwights
Top CriticIt's time we all met the Dwights.
07/27/07
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07/27/07
There's nothing lovely, however, about the movie's bombastic ending, but there are enough small moments until then to make this mixed-up experience vaguely worthwhile.
07/26/07
Top CriticIt understands that while we may do destructive things, we’re all well-meaning at our core.
07/26/07
Sometimes Brenda Blethyn is content merely to nibble the scenery. In Introducing the Dwights, a drippy Australian family comedy caper, she chomps it to a pulp until we long for her straightforward monstrosity as a mother in Little Voice.
07/25/07
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07/21/07
Reminiscent of past Australian films that didn't hesitate to throw jarring characters at us and challenge us to appreciate their humanity, even amidst wacky behaviours.
07/20/07
The broader characterizations may be off, but [director] Nowlan observes other small details with sensitive precision.
07/20/07
Undeniably funny, pulling back just before it gets too cute or Jeannie gets too annoying. When the script can’t quite do the job, Blethyn uses all her charm and talent to compensate.
07/20/07
Some offbeat humor shines through the clouds of this glum domestic drama, especially when fun friends shift the focus from Jean's grating histrionics. But it never lasts long.
07/20/07
Top Critic[Actor] Wilson hits a new low in the dubious realm of nonretarded actors grinning and flailing their arms about in the hopes of communicating mental deficiency and inspiring sympathy in their audience and recognition from film-award committees.
07/20/07
When the film veers into drama toward the end, it's a bottle-throwing, mascara-streaked exercise in bathos rather than anything remotely resembling real life.
07/20/07
... watching them bray and screech at each other is nerve-wracking.
07/20/07
Leads right back to the usual sitcom destination.
07/19/07
[Director] Nowlan has no problem pouring on the syrup.
07/19/07
Top CriticA smart alternative to summer's bloated blockbusters.
07/17/07
If you want a blowsy, overprotective British mother, the choice would be Brenda Blethyn ... who gets to tear up the screen as [a] self-centered force of nature ...
07/14/07
This film avoids the predictable. Director Cherie Nowlan shows a deft hand, taking us right into the anger and pain of a single mother confronting disappointment and loss even as she's delivering her zingers.
07/13/07
Blethyn, Chittenden and Wilson create a believable and ultimately endearing family; a trio of dreamers, big and small.
07/13/07
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