Spotswood (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 95 minuten
Alternative title: The Efficiency Expert
Country:
Australia
Directed by: Mark Joffe
Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Ben Mendelsohn and Alwyn Kurts
IMDb score:
6,2 (2.516)
Releasedate: 23 January 1992
Spotswood plot
"...an everyday story about loyalty, betrayal, lust and...footwear."
In this comedy, Ball's Moccasin Factory is not doing so well. Troubleshooter and accountant Wallace (Anthony Hopkins) is hired to save the day. The staff, very nice but eccentric people, receive him enthusiastically. They therefore know nothing of Wallace's plan to close the factory and send them all out. But Wallace becomes more and more involved in the fate of the factory and his conscience begins to gnaw...
Actors and actresses
Errol Wallace
Carey
Mr. Ball
Robert, Carey's Father
Jerry Finn
Cheryl Ball
Wendy Robinson
Kim Barry
Caroline Wallace
Frank Fletcher
Reviews & comments
scorsese
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- 13237 messages
- 11127 votes
Nice film in which an accountant has to make a factory and its employees work more efficiently. The film is set in the late 60s. A nice story with sympathetic characters. It doesn't have much substance, but it's easy to watch. Nice to see a young Russel Crowe, Toni Collette and Ben Mendelsohn here (all three at the beginning of their careers).
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Lovelyboy
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- 3954 messages
- 2956 votes
On Sunday afternoon I finished two films that I had received from the cleaning lady, who gave me a pile of films from her sister that were actually meant for the thrift shop but first thought of me. To be honest, there are not many that are great, such as this The Efficiency Expert that initially seems nice because of its considerable cast. But alas...
The story is nevertheless clear with a dying shoe factory in a small bourgeois environment full of eccentric people. It is clear that the factory forms a kind of social hub, where, although not very efficient work is done, life is lived between different classes, fun, jealousy, quarrels and relational concerns. In that sense it is a microcosm in itself that is given shape with a certain humor and eccentricity. The presence of the odd one out Wallace, who hangs over the whole thing like a kind of sword of Damocles, is not exactly appreciated.
And as already said, a decent cast has been brought together for this Australian production, some of whom are at the beginning of their careers but who nevertheless do their best. Apart from that, moments like the final race track are quite nice and the whole thing exudes a certain nostalgia and lightness. But unfortunately there is also a certain predictability and I have to say quite honestly that it can hardly interest me, not even that short playing time of less than an hour and a half, and this is neither fish nor fowl for me. So this is a movie for the statistics, seen one more, scored one more, but in all probability I will forget this very quickly.
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