BoyTown (2006)

I was lucky enough to view this movie last week at the annual Australian Movie Convention, the latest offering from Mick Molloy and Brother Richard.

The story line is about an 80’s boy band that decides they might like to re capture the “magic” of the old days. Well that is what the aim of Benny G (Glenn Robbins), when he starts to reminisce about the “good old days”. Benny (Glenn Robbins) starts to visit the other members one by one to try and convince them to give it a go. Carl (Wayne Hope), Bobby Mac (Bob Franklin) and Corey (Gary Eck) are quite easy to convince, compared to Tommy Boy (Mick Molloy).

Tommy Boy (Mick Molloy), doesn’t really want to give away “all of this”, sitting in front of the telly at Gran’s (Lois Ramsey) place.
But even Tommy Boy (Mick Molloy), can’t resist in the end, just wanted to give his “pendulum” dance move one more go.

They re approach their former record company to release a single, which the head of the company does so, reluctantly. Of course the record bombs out, and as the guys sit and sip their light beers at the bar, a former fan approaches them for a photo together. This is when the guys realise that they were trying to target the wrong market. They need to target their old fans that were now older to.

This leads to some very interesting song titles indeed, “Special Time of the Month”, “Dish Pan Hands” to name a few. Just remember this is just a film sending up a corny boy band people!

Also throw in a doco (documentary) crew headed by Kenny Larkin (Tony Martin) to film the whole process to the big come back.

All I can say is this is a very, very funny film, that sends up the boy band phenomenon. The Australian brand of comedy is maybe an acquired taste; however I am sure that this film has enough universal appeal for international audiences to understand this particular kind of humour.

Well worth a look if you want to have a good laugh, as Australians if there is one thing we do well, that is laugh at ourselves.

Just do me one favour and see this film for what it is, a funny look at a group of stand up comedians that have the great ability to laugh at themselves.

Enjoy !!!

by Narf

Tags : BoyTown, Mick Molloy, Glenn Robbins, Wayne Hope, Bob Franklin, Gary Eck