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Idiot Box

Play trailer Poster for Idiot Box 1996,  1h 23m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist - - 3 Reviews Tomatometer 72% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 3 Reviews 72% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Kev (Ben Mendelsohn) and Mick (Jeremy Sims) are bored, reckless young men living in Australian suburbia. They spend their days drinking, with Mick trying to hit on liquor store cashier Lani (Robyn Loau) and Kev mistreating his girlfriend. They decide to pull a bank heist, but as they plan, a more professional ring of crooks knocks off their intended target. Unfortunately, Mick and Kev arrive at the scene just in time to run into detectives Eric (Graeme Blundell) and Leanne (Deborah Kennedy).

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 11, 2005
2/5
Caffeinated Clint Film Threat May 6, 2005
2/5
Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile Jan 1, 2000
Idiot Box is actually a Tarantino-esque, but Australian as all getout, tragi-comedy in which David Caesar speaks his (until now stifled) cinematic language of choice. Go to Full Review
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Ron W Apr 7, 2017 No likeable characters, not funny, not serious, not worth watching.
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Cast & Crew

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David Caesar

Director

Ben Mendelsohn

Kev

Jeremy Sims

Mick

John Polson

Jonah

Robyn Loau

Lani

Graeme Blundell

Detective Eric

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Idiot Box

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Movie Info

Synopsis Kev (Ben Mendelsohn) and Mick (Jeremy Sims) are bored, reckless young men living in Australian suburbia. They spend their days drinking, with Mick trying to hit on liquor store cashier Lani (Robyn Loau) and Kev mistreating his girlfriend. They decide to pull a bank heist, but as they plan, a more professional ring of crooks knocks off their intended target. Unfortunately, Mick and Kev arrive at the scene just in time to run into detectives Eric (Graeme Blundell) and Leanne (Deborah Kennedy).
Director
David Caesar
Producer
Glenys Rowe
Screenwriter
David Caesar
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 2, 2018
Runtime
1h 23m
Sound Mix
Surround
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