Melds an insightful observational style with some rather clunky satire and the resulting mix is uneven at best.
The Rage in Placid Lake
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Australia · 2003
1h 29m
Director Tony McNamara
Starring Ben Lee, Rose Byrne, Miranda Richardson, Garry McDonald
Genre Comedy
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Placid Lake has always been different. As an odd fish in a sea of mediocrity, his brilliant ideas are bound to get him into more trouble than success. So when he finds himself flying off the school roof and breaking every bone in his body on graduation night, Placid decides to lead a more normal life.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Sheri Linden
Taking satiric aim at a familiar target, conformity, Australian playwright Tony McNamara's film debut is by turns incisive and broad.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Stephen Cole
A welcome rarity: an amiable film comedy that leaves you feeling good as opposed to feeling for your wallet.
For every line of dialogue that's truly, glitteringly acid, though, there are five that are merely clever, and Lee, likable as he is, never really taps into the misery of the teen misfit.
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