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BoyTown (2006) is a English movie. Kevin Carlin has directed this movie. Glenn Robbins,Mick Molloy,Bob Franklin,Wayne Hope are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2006. BoyTown (2006) is considered one of the best Comedy,Music movie in India and around the world.
"Boytown" concerns a successful 80s boy band of the same name reforming their band in contemporary times in the hope that they can capture some of their former glory and that the fans will still be interested. Tommy, Corey, Benny and two others try to reform Boytown in 2005, but now they are all in the late 30s and are not sure whether people will still be interested in them. What follows is their tale as they try to recapture some of their former magic.
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Great movie - loved it.
Fun movie with great lines. My boyfriend and I quite enjoyed it. It was really all one joke, but they didn't flog the horse too much. Nice, light, fluffy stuff. Loved the songs and the fashion. Don't know what movie other people who've commented were watching. Did they expect Shakespeare? It probably could have been a neater plot/script, but we knew what kinda humour we were gonna get when we walked in the door. Maybe it was too subtle for some. I thought the dry humour people were dropping on the sly was great. Australian comedies do have a particular style about them. Go Aussie cinema!
Boytown is great - best Aussie comedy in ages
I got along to a sneak "mystery" preview screening at Village in Sth Yarra, and almost contemplated leaving when I found out it was a Mick Molloy Australian comedy movie. Boy, was I pleasantly surprised though! If you like The Castle, The Dish or any American MTV rockumentary/music based movies, I'd think you'll enjoy this. Glenn Robbins was great in the lead I thought, in fact all 5 of the boy band were very good. Three bad bits- I thought the closing 3 minutes were among the worst ever seen in Cinema, and really destroyed the enjoyment of the rest of the flick. It was Aussie commercial-TV sketch show bad. (and THAT'S BAD!). The same goes for the ridiculous scene of one of the guys dancing in his underwear... BAD! And one of the songs they sing will probably be offensive to some people. So, those 3 cringe-worthy moments aside, I think these guys have done a fantastic job. I left the cinema laughing and enjoyed telling others about the movie, something I haven't done for an Aussie movie in many years (since The Castle, probably!). When it comes out, check it out and hopefully these flicks will keep improving :)
Damn it!
I was really expecting a lot from this film, but was badly letdown. The movie seems to be formed out of the idea of funny songs about middle age women. That's it! Besides this idea, the film fell totally flat. The movie begins with the former lead of the band, Benny G (Robbins), thinking about reuniting the old band. He visits all the former members of the band and they agree to give it a go. Within 15 minutes of the film they're releasing singles. Their first attempts fail, until Benny has the idea of writing songs aimed at issues facing middle age women. Funny idea, and some funny songs....but that's it. Not enough here to fill a movie. From here the band releases an album and goes on tour. That's it. Absolutely no depth given to the characters, none of the characters even have any quirks, besides one of the band seeming to be gay. The great cast of comedians gathered was wasted, especially Bob Franklin. Normally Bob is funny just by opening his mouth, but he was given nothing to work with. Pleasant enough, but this should have rivaled "The Castle" for laughs.
Best enjoyed under the influence of alcohol and without a brain
I expected so much more from Mick Malloy and Glen Robbins. This movie was definitely a 'cringer'. The plot was thin, the humor was weak, immature and unchecked - like little boys laughing at their own jokes. As a woman I was offended, not so much by the lyrics themselves, but by the concept that women in general would be entertained by such rubbish. On the more positive side, I felt that 1980's style film clips were effective and realistic. I quite enjoyed the contemporary BoyTown film clips and would have appreciated lyrics with intelligent humor. The acting was good, filming effective. I would definitely not put this in the same class as The Dish, The Castle or Crackerjack.
Hard to fault
I'm not going to say anything much about plot and content - You should see it and I don't want to spoil a minute of it for you. It's not often you see a movie you can't fault, but "Boytown" is one of them. Great premise, top writing and directing, well acted with the perfect comedy timing you'd expect from this group of Australian (OK, and British ex-pat) veterans. The songs for women of "their generation" had my wife and I rolling in the aisles. It's a masterpiece of stereotype satire, and an interesting comment on what happens to rockers when they're closer to the rocking chair than the rocking cradle. The ending was a surprise (although I had been warned by my son), but somehow it seemed like the best way to end and it neatly eliminated any prospect of the pathetic sequel so many American films seem to spawn. Go and see it, and don't listen to the negative reviews - they must have been watching some other movie of the same name.