Distributor:
Columbia Entertainment Co-written & Directed by Nick Gianoppolous
Cast:Nick Gianopulous, Russell Dykstra, Isla Fisher, Felix
Williamson, Michael Carmen Extras: Yes
I burned my legwarmers for you
30 something Danny (Nick Gianoppolous) is not one of
life’s successes, still hurt
following his failed appearance
at the age of 8 on a TV talent
show, he is working in his
mother’s dance studio teaching
old age pensioners in a modern
dance class, however when he is
tricked by a gang of well dodgy
crooks into putting together a
children’s entertainment group
(which gets christened The
Wannabes) in order to pull off a
heist at a Melbourne
mansion, things take a turn for
the bizarre when the Wannabes
actually become popular with
kids and adults alike.
Full of innuendo, single entrendes and copious amounts of
swearing, The Wannabes is certainly not a family film (although one of
the extras is a tricky one where you can play the film without the
swearing included), it’s pretty funny though. Giannopolous is pretty
wimpy in the lead role but the supporting cast is excellent from Russell
Dykstra’s gang leader, Marcus to Ryan Johnston’s visual muscle bound
rapper Hammer, even Isla Fisher is watchable as Kirsty (the girl who
lures Danny into the gang in the first place)
.
Not an original movie then by any means but in a year when
a lot of Australian movies have fallen flat you could do a lot worse
than have a look at the wannabes.
EXTRAS:
Music videos cobbled together from songs in the movie, a making of
featurette, storyboard comparisons, photo and poster gallery and the
theatrical trailer.
