Introducing the Dwights is a marvelous Australian family dramedy that occasionally creates the claustrophobic sensation of being trapped in quarreling hell.
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07/11/07
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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
The movie proves even more dysfunctional than the Dwights themselves...despite the title, you'd be well advised not to make this family's acquaintance.
07/10/07
There are films about monstrous overbearing moms, often played by Shelley Winters, and there are those "heartwarming" losing-one's-virginity flicks ("Summer of '42"). Australia's entry into this field consolidates the best elements of both genres.
07/08/07
Down-under mom's over the top in Dwight.
07/07/07
The movie belongs to Blethyn, who takes a difficult, easily misunderstood role and gracefully cracks it open to reveal what's inside.
07/07/07
Top CriticBlethyn's character is a vulgar cartoon, and the actress greedily consumes the scenery. That may be fitting for a woman who craves the spotlight, but the film suffers for her egocentrism.
07/07/07
How did this little gem EVER sneak into theatres this summer? Laughs, insight, human emotion...What a concept!
07/06/07
...has the sweet-and-sour honesty of a memoir.
07/06/07
Top CriticA collision of Jeannie's story and Tim's story, and while that's appropriate, it also results in wobbly tone shifts (Gypsy meets Equus, without the horses?).
07/06/07
A thoroughly enjoyable and charming film that will strike a chord with anyone who's ever felt the need to get away from the strangling, constrictive strings of their mother's apron.
07/06/07
[An] awkwardly fused comedy-drama.
07/05/07
This Aussie import has a certain amount of charm, especially from the younger actors, but it is predictable and a little shrill.
07/05/07
With its broad, toothless humor and ham-fisted fits of melodrama, this sitcom-grade embarrassment aims to dethrone Muriel's Wedding as the quirky Aussie feel-gooder of all time, except it hurts too much to watch.
07/05/07
An Australian family drama that depicts how difficult people can help us refine and polish our finer qualities.
07/05/07
A funny-sad, icky-sweet comedy of family dysfunction.
07/05/07
Top CriticIt's sweet, quirky, sincere, and provides a perfect escape from the hustle and bustle of those big-budgeted extravaganzas currently invading your local theater.
07/04/07
Introducing the Dwights has its moments -- just not enough of them.
07/03/07
You'd have to see the ending here to believe it, and that's something I can't recommend you do.
07/03/07
Top CriticKeith Thompson's screenplay is a tad over-populated, but Cherie Nowlan's film settles in and gathers force as it goes along.
07/02/07
Top CriticShrieking like a banshee has unfortunately become Brenda Blethyn's stock in trade ever since her remarkable breakout performance in Mike Leigh's Secrets & Lies.
07/01/07
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