Review of The Dish (2000) by Sanity Assassin ! — 04 Dec 2008
One of those all-too-rare heart warming films that manage to avoid mawkish sentiment. Gentle, funny and with superb characterization it's impossible to dislike this film. Surreal at times (The American national anthem will never seem the same after this.
...) and with a beautifully paced love story thread, it still manages to tell an important true story. Sam Neill sleepwalks through his role and is surrounded by totally believeable characters, the aspergic mathmetician is an absolute gem, caught out in a situation they didn't anticpate and are ill equipped to handle.
Some memorable lines make it laugh out loud funny - "He knows all there is to know about Apollo 11" - "Does he know where it is?".
This review of The Dish (2000) was written by Sanity Assassin ! on 04 Dec 2008.
The Dish has generally received very positive reviews.
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