Dirty
Deeds
Rated NYR
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Starring: Bryan Brown, Toni Collette,
John Goodman, Sam Neill, Sam Worthington,
Felix Williamson, Kestie Morassi
Director: David Caesar P
roducer: Bryan Brown, Deborah Balderstone
Written by: David Caesar
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Aussie David
Caesar channels the not-quite-dead career of Guy Ritchie
with a hoodlum comedy called DIRTY DEEDS.
Caesar can do the job of shooting a film… but he is
showing off more than anything else.
Look for him behind the camera for Jerry Bruckheimer,
who likes to use cheap, new directors to re-created the look
that has become his trademark, sometime soon.
The film
employs some great Aussie talent, including Bryan Brown
(who is also a producer on the film), Toni Collette,
and Sam Neill. John Goodman also gives a good performance. However, it all goes for naught, as the film
only works in fits and starts.
My guess
is that we will find Dirty Deeds as an HBO or Showtime
“Original Movie” sometime next year, where it will be considered
to be high quality. And in that arena, it will be.
In this arena, it’s an overly hyper mediocrity.
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