{"id":4341,"date":"2018-01-21T13:37:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T03:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/?p=4341"},"modified":"2018-01-21T13:37:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T03:37:01","slug":"swinging-safari-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/swinging-safari-movie-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Swinging Safari &#8211; movie review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Swinging Safari<\/em> reunites writer and director Stephan Elliott with key personnel from his <em>The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert<\/em>\u00a0(1994).\u00a0They include producer Al Clark, production designer Colin Gibson, costume designer Lizzy Gardiner, editor Sue Blainey and composer Guy Gross.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">New to the team are hair and makeup designer Rick Findlater and cinematographer Brad Shield.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4350\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Swinging-Safari-01.jpg?resize=560%2C315\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Swinging-Safari-01.jpg?w=560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Swinging-Safari-01.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Swinging-Safari-01.jpg?resize=135%2C75&amp;ssl=1 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/>It&#8217;s the 1970s. Fourteen year-old friends Jeff (Atticus Robb) and Melissa (Darcey Wilson) discover a 200-ton blue whale washed up on their local beach. To them, it\u2019s the biggest thing that\u2019s ever happened in Australia.\u00a0But it\u2019s not nearly as big as what&#8217;s about to happen behind the closed doors of their quiet suburban cul-de-sac.\u00a0Their parents are preparing to join the sexual revolution (a decade too late) by throwing a key party (you know the one, where they chuck their keys into a jar and end up changing partners).\u00a0Not surprisingly, it all goes spectacularly wrong.<\/p>\n<p>The quintessentially Australian cast is headed by Guy Pearce and Kylie Minogue (who worked together on the long-running TV soapie <em>Neighbours<\/em> back in the day).\u00a0Radha Mitchell and Julian McMahon, along with Asher Keddie and Jeremy Sims, join them to make up the three couples on their wild swinging safari.\u00a0Jack Thompson is cast as the local Mayor.<\/p>\n<p><em>Swinging Safari<\/em> is an abomination. It&#8217;s appalling and readily fits into a list of my worst 10 movies of the past decade.\u00a0The extra shame here is that the man behind it brought us genuinely funny <em>Priscilla<\/em>. Mind you, that was 24 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The film&#8217;s only redeeming feature is the liberal use of clothing and devices used in the 1970s.\u00a0As a time warp, it&#8217;s fine. Beyond that, it&#8217;s an unmitigated disaster.\u00a0What purports to be a comedy isn\u2019t humorous in the least.\u00a0The thin story line takes ages to get going, never ignites and is extremely boring.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZB95v_pyQq8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The deliberately exaggerated acting is hideous. Decent actors disintegrate before our eyes.\u00a0Dare I suggest, they are awfully miscast. Just what were they thinking?\u00a0Perhaps it looked good on paper; although I can\u2019t see how. I can only imagine Elliott must have had a bunch of sycophants around him . Surely someone &#8211; anyone &#8211; could have told him to scrap the script and start channeling the \u201870s some other way.\u00a0Who thought \u2013 spoiler alert \u2013 a storyline in which parents encourage two na\u00efve 14-year-olds to have sex would be a good idea?<\/p>\n<p>Five minutes in I wanted to leave and that feeling never left me.\u00a0It was tortuous to sit through.\u00a0The only reason I give it any score is because Swinging Safari did manage to recreate the \u201870s vibe, so it gets a 1 out of 10.<\/p>\n<h6>Director: Stephan Elliott<br \/>\nCast: Kylie Minogue, Guy Pearce, Radha Mitchell, Asher Keddie, Jeremy Sims, Julian McMahon<br \/>\nRelease Date: 18 January 2018<br \/>\nRating: M<\/h6>\n<h4>Alex First<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swinging Safari reunites writer and director Stephan Elliott with key personnel from his The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert\u00a0(1994).\u00a0They include producer Al Clark, production designer Colin Gibson, costume designer Lizzy Gardiner, editor Sue Blainey and composer Guy Gross.\u00a0New to the team are hair and makeup designer Rick Findlater and cinematographer Brad Shield. 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