Stephen Seary, a stage designer, returns to Australia to say goodbye to his dying mother. A quick trip descends into chaos, drama, and funny moments as he juggles family tension, past lovers, and returning to Europe for an opera contract.
The biggest problem with this is the clichéd characterisation. You have the calm, intelligent, fish-out-of-water (and pretentious) protagonist arriving in a small rural town, where everyone else is either simple-minded, prejudiced, a bully motivated by jealousy, or if female, inevitably wanting to bonk him. It’s a formula that’s been done a million times, offering little in the way of originality or nuance. Closer to a 2 out of 5 than 3 for now.
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