Wednesday 23 June 2010

Crikey, Sheila - ***

Bloody hell woman!!!
1986, Australia, Colour, 88 minutes
Directed by Lobo Cluggins. Written by Tingo Malinga
Starring Matty Green, Sharon Ockley

An amusing Aussie comedy about a hapless carpenter with “the dizziest wife in the state”. Oh, that Sheila and the problems she causes Murray. Those problems go from crazy to zany when they decide to buy a rundown outback pub and restore it to its former glory. Lovers of slapstick and pratfalls and impossible-to-overuse catchphrases will love this one.

Watch out for – the installation of the grand staircase, which should have Chaplin crying in his pinebox.
Quote – What else could it be but “Crickey, Sheila”?

Reviewed by R.P. Thunderdunk