I think the lawnmower scene in The Boys Are Back is my favourite.
You'll have to see the film because I'm not going to give it away.
It's so funny.
I interviewed Clive Owen once, just before he went to Hollywood.
It was like interviewing a clam.
Yes and no answers were better than silence - try writing that up!
So when you see what he does with raw emotion on the screen as Joe Warr in The Boys are Back - it's amazing.
There's a scene on the phone when he has to break the news of his second wife's death to his son from his first marriage.
The camera is right in his face asking the big questions of him and he answers without words. Beautiful acting.
Trailer:
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I think the only problem with this movie is that it relies a little too heavily on his performance and on the beauty of the South Australian landscape.
Maybe, the landscape is the only thing which can equal Owen's performance.
Somehow it falls a little short because the moments of humour don't really hit the right notes. I didn't really like the casting of the children.
It's based on a true story based on a 2001 memoir by Simon Carr about raising two boys - from two different marriages - by himself.
His philosophy of child rearing: "Just say yes". It leads to what the boys call "Hog Heaven".
The thing about this movie is that it's about the experience of the majority - I think ABS statistics show that the happy nuclear family is a myth today.
Children grow up in broken families - even children in some nuclear families.
It's worth a look - it is from the director of Shine after all.