Garage Days Movie Review 2003

Sydney, Australia garage band tries to hit it big in this goofy comedy directed by Proyas. Freddy (Gurry) just wants to make it big as the singer of a rock and roll band, but he has to cope with the quirks and problems of his bandmates: girlfriend/bassist Tanya (Miranda), guitarist with an identity crisis Joe (Stiller), and dedicated drug user/drummer Lucy (Sadrinna) who spends more time creating pharmaceutical cocktails than practicing the drums. Further complicating the mix is the attraction between Freddy and Joe's girlfriend, Kate (Stange) and the band's misguided attempt to blackmail a big-time manager (Csokas) to come see them play. Proyas fills the movie with inventive visuals and keeps the comedy level high, but with characters that alternate between appealing and one-dimensional, and a familiar plot, some may find too little substance to go with the style.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on DVD
Running time 105 minutes.
Originally from Australian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Rock Flicks, Down Under, Drug Use & Abuse, Romantic Triangles

Screenplay

Alex Proyas, Dave Warner

Cast

Maya Stange, Russell Dykstra, Andy Anderson, Marton Csokas, Kick (Christopher) Gurry, Pia Miranda, Brett Stiller, Chris Sadrinna, Tiriel Mora

Cinematography

Simon Duggan

Director

Alex Proyas

Music

Antony Partos, David McCormack

Other

Peter Grace, Richard Learoyd, Michael Philips, Jackline Sassine

Producer

Topher Dow, Alex Proyas, Australian Film Finance Corp., Fox Searchlight, 20th Century-Fox