Bran Nue Dae

This is the Aussie flick I've been waiting for. We make some great comedies in this country but a lot of the times they don't get the theatrical release they deserve. That stops here.
Bran Nue Dae, adapted form the stage musical and directed by Rachel Perkins is THE feel-good movie of the year with a huge Australian cast to boot. Set in Western Australia 1969, it's the story of love, finding oneself and probably the best road trip movie since The Wizard Of Oz.
Young Willie Johnson (Rocky McKenzie) finds himself following his mother Theresa's (Ningali Lawford) wishes and is begrudgingly shipped off to boarding school to become a priest. Sadly, he leaves behind his teenage crush Rosie (Jessica Mauboy).
Not quite suited to stay in a school run by Father Benedictus (Geoffrey Rush), who has a very tight reign over the tuck shop inventory, Willie runs away in hopes of going back to Broome and according to the rules of the road trip movie, that's where the adventure starts.
First he meets Uncle Tadpole (Ernie Dingo), drinking and camping out under the stars. After an alcohol-induced promise to take Willie back to Broome, Tadpole joins the journey when he literally runs into Annie and Slippery's kombi (Missy Higgins and Tom Budge) and they help get Willie back home to Rosie.
All the while Father Benedictus is on the hunt for his lost boy, eager to pull him back in the fold.
With cameos by a very hot Magda Szubanski, a foxy Debra Mailman (who seduces Willie under the shade of a condom tree!), and the Chooky Dancers (you gotta watch this video), Bran Nue Dae is a stand out film. It's a celebration of this big brown land of ours, it's indigenous owners and their culture. It's colourful and vibrant, the tunes are catchy, I will be getting the soundtrack. The ending, I won't spoil it but let's just say it's a bit of a family affair with a whole lot of happily ever after.
Things I learnt - if you're in the bush and need to replace a fan belt, a dead snake will do just nicely. Ernie Dingo is a pretty good singer.
This had better win some awards.

Superb!
Nine out of ten.