A Month of Sundays

Australian Cinema is breathtakingly unique. Usually far more nuanced, better written and beautifully acted than it's brash, loud American cousins or its often predictable British sisters. This film is equally deeply thoughtful and quietly hilarious, though it deals with some dark material. Australian films have much in common with European cinema and sensibility but remain very different.

"A Month of Sundays" is a gorgeous slow burn. With extraordinarily relatable and expert acting and a script as tight as a wine cork it's a joy to watch. Turn your phone off. Lock the front door. Pull the curtains and relish every minute.

Very cute ozzie film. Frank, a real estate dude has a bad attitude, and everything seems to be coming apart. His marriage, his relationship with his kid. Weird convo's with his boss. Through by a rando, chance meeting, he ends up speaking with, and finally meeting a sweet lady, a senior citizen across town. She already has her own son, but frank and sarah strike up friendship. And he ends up learning some lessons from her. Very cute, sweet film. The only face i recognize here is tony lapaglia, who actually really IS an ozzie originally! This one really is under-rated on imdb. Only 500 votes so far, but it has been nominated for a bunch of film fest awards! Written and directed by matthew saville. Looking forward to seeing more of his work! This one was fun to watch.

Seeing John Clarke in the cast was one of the main reasons that encouraged me to see 'A month of Sundays'. On that score, I wasn't disappointed, Clarke gave a polished performance with a few of his usual sarcastic/humorous one liners perfectly delivered. While obviously a film of redemption, son's trying to justify and/or prove themselves to their elders, to me the movie lacked a real plot or something to bond it together. It meandered along in its own way, much like the main character, struggling real estate salesman Franks, played by Anthony LaPaglia who did do a great impression of a Real estate agent, albeit not an over enthusiastic one ! Overall it was watchable, but for me fell a little short of being memorable.

The movie goes along at a medium pace with an original theme, with a couple of twists thrown in.

The acting was all good.

Nice locations.

A good to watch on a Sunday afternoon.

A sweet little movie with great characters and a pleasantly optimistic plot about dealing with grief and life's challenges. Lapaglia is great and the support cast excellent.

I nice little Aussie gem. Americans can learn a lot about sweet movies that you don't gag on.