Horseplay (2003)

I love this movie so much

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

So terrible it is embarrassing that this is an Australian production. I took my elderly father to see this when it was in the theater and there was only 3 others there!! Tushka Bergen was awful her acting was so wooden, terrible and Jason Donovan was shocking. These people are an insult to the Australian acting community. Thank goodness Tushka Bergen, Jason Donovan and Marcus Graham NO longer act because they can't! Do yourself a favor and don't bother. You probably won't be able to find this movie but don't waste your time to even look - it was complete rubbish and if I could give it a 0 I would. The story line is poor, not funny and didn't make any sense, and is just appaulling!

This movie has the makings of what could be a good movie but is misses trying to juggle too many balls in the air. This is shown by the way they needed 10 minutes of Hugo Weaving's great voice-over work just to try and set the scene. Way too complicated for what is a farce. Jason Donovan is the best thing in it.

I absolutley loved this flick! Fast paced, good script, great actors, good looking girls- what more could u want?! The setting for this film is great, the colourful world of the race track definitely provides a lot of scope to be explored and Kazanzidis definitely did this! From the sleazy old guys to the young, bitchy but beautiful girls, all characters that could be covered were! Thoroughly entertaining!

I was lucky enough to score a freebie to this. Not lucky because I got to see a great film. I didn't. Lucky because I didn't waste my money. I try to support Australian films because when they're good, they're great. When a new comedy appears. I always hold out a faint hope that it might just be another Strictly Ballroom or Muriel's Wedding. Horseplay was far from it. The story is mostly watchable, but the characters are unlikeable, and often annoying. There is too much hysterical screaming. There's a suspect touch of misogyny in the portrayal of the female characters. The most interesting role is Jason Donovan's - a selfish airhead. Probably his best performance ever. Who would have thought?