Swinging Safari
Staying alive was harder than you think.
5.3 / 10
97 minutes
2018-01-18
English
AU
Actors :
Guy Pearce, Kylie Minogue, Radha Mitchell, Julian McMahon, Asher Keddie, Jack Thompson, Jacob Elordi, Jeremy Sims, Atticus Robb, Darcey Wilson, Richard Roxburgh, Chelsea Glaw
Description
1975: A 200-ton blue whale gets washed up on a local beach and the kids think it’s the biggest thing that’s ever happened in Australia. Behind closed doors, the Mums and Dads of a quiet suburban street are going to celebrate in their own special way, by joining the sexual revolution and throwing a wife-swapping key party. And like the rotting whale, it’s all about to go spectacularly wrong.
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Reviews
Simon Foster
6/23/2021, 3:58:03 PM
"[A] boozy, floozy Antipodean mash-up of TV staple The Wonder Years and Paul Mazursky’s middle class mores romp Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice..." Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2017/12/13/swinging-safari.html
Gimly
6/23/2021, 3:58:13 PM
Despite not being born until nearly 20 years after _Swinging Safari_ is set, I can still confirm for you that a lot of the movie rang true for my own youth, I recognise a lot of my country in what was put forth here, and felt enriched for it. What I'm not too sure about though is how much _Swinging Safari_ will ingratiate itself with people who aren't Australian, regardless of timeline. I'd be int...