Review of BoyTown (2006) by Mike B — 19 Oct 2008
An Australian film, based around the fictional 80's boy band "Boy Town".
Several years after their hey day, one of their members, Bobby G (Played by Kath & Kim's Glenn Robbins) decides to reform the band to recapture their past glory. Initially this fails, as the younger generation sees the band as somewhat of a joke. The band decides to then write and perform new songs for their "mature" age group (uch as "Picking the kids up from school") which is an untapped market. They become a raging success again, and embark on a world tour.
This is a very funny film - with lots of satire about the music industry, and manufactured pop bands, with lots of none-to-subtle references to a lot of bands from New Kids On The Block to Milli Vanilli! At times it also invokes images of "This Is Spinal Tap". The songs have nonsensical lyrics, and at the same time hilarious, as are the music videos. There are also some sentimental moments in the film, such as why the band broke up in the first place, the relationship between two of the singers, and one of their wives, and also trying to start again.
This review of BoyTown (2006) was written by Mike B on 19 Oct 2008.
BoyTown has generally received mixed reviews.
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