SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

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

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Beulah Bram A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

andrewm-6 People seem to either love or hate Mullet (and Caesar for that matter). I enjoyed this one, although Caesar's work often comes across as self-indulgent. I went in not expecting anything in particular, and therefore wasn't disappointed (as many other reviewers apparently were). The genre is "a slice of life", although for about 90% of the plot, it appears to be building to something else - possibly this is what disappoints. I was pleasantly surprised when it resisted the obvious resolution. Visually a feast, and with an appropriate sound-track, this is worth seeing.

henri_aqua Well, I never ate Mullet (an Australian fish living in muddy waters), but this movie didn't necessarily encourage me to try. I saw the movie in a festival in Germany without subtitling. So I thought (cause my Australian English is really not that good) I am somehow missing most of the jokes, but looking at the audience, maybe there were not so many to start with. The story is: A guy nicknamed Mullet comes back to his home village after he left for three years without saying good bye. In the meantime his brother married his ex girl-friend. The film now shows how the people react to him coming back. Most of them squarely tell him to bugger off again, but he doesn't understand why and refuses to change. I think I already gave this movie more story than it has. The characters are going nowhere so is the plot. The end comes out of the blue, very unsatisfying. The actors are o.k. but cannot save a weak script. Save your money for a good Australian beer at your local pub.

Josef Tura-2 First off, the title does not refer to the infamous hairstyle but instead a fish which is plentiful in the local waters. This fish is edible but not tasty. The lead characters nickname is therefore Mullet because he fishes for them and because the town sees him as a nuisance after his unexpected arrival back after leaving without a word three years earlier.The film deals with all the crisises that arise when his unexpected return occurs. These crisises make a passable story but the film is strongest when it focuses on its characters and the actions that they take rather than its obligatory plot. The relationship of hate/love/hate between "Mullet's" parents is particularly interesting even though very little time is spent on it. On the whole a film worth watching if you want to avoid the mainstream.

tedg Spoilers herein.I expect to be one of the few North Americans to see this Australian production as I cannot imagine it being released here. I saw it a block from the Opera House during a visit to Sydney, and found it self-referential in that way where the form of the film reflects its content.The content involves (mostly) poking fun at a particular type of rural Australian town. It exploits limited provincial vision and superficiality. But it itself has limited provincial vision and superficiality. And the relationship between layers is wholly unintended and artless.The sister gives a good performance.