The Castle

An Aussie classic - "The Castle" is laugh-out-loud hilarious! It's one of those movies that just gets better and better with repeated viewings, and has so many quotable lines!

Trivia - Look out for Eric Bana is his first ever film role.

So funny! Love this film.

This is a great tongue in cheek comedy, a Darryl versus Goliath movie. There were times when the pace lagged a bit but I guarantee, if you watch it to the end, you’ll be smiling as the credits roll (and, yes, that is Eric Bana in his first film). I give this film an 8 (great fun) out of 10. [Comedy]

Painful at best. If you can make it more than 30 minutes, hats off to you.

From the start you're force fed sentimentality. Too cheesy to be genuinely heart warming. The cheese runs deep in this movie, and it apposed the attempted naturalism. There's nothing natural about a quirky cardboard cut out family with cliché hangups. When a scene starts I could imagine it turning into an advert for washing powder or bread - it had that feel. The family home is challenged, and I couldn't have cared less. Don't worry you get a happy ending. In fact this movie should have started with 'once upon a time'. To add to the cringe this movie wants to have a message.
Overall, seriously overatted and not funny. No it's not lost in translation.