Love Serenade (1996)
18KLove Serenade: Directed by Shirley Barrett. With Miranda Otto, Rebecca Frith, George Shevtsov, John Alansu. In Sunray, a backwater town on Australia’s Murray River, there’s little to do but fish or listen to the local radio station. D.J. Ken Sherry arrives from the hustle of Brisbane to run the station; he’s mid-40s, detached, thrice divorced, hatchet faced. But both sisters next door find him attractive: awkward Dimity, only 20, who works in a Chinese restaurant with few patrons, and perky Vicki-Ann, a hairdresser with a hope chest who invents a happy future with Sherry based on little but his arrival. First Dimity then Vicki-Ann spend the night with Ken, one concluding he’s her boy friend, the other her fiance. Then Dimity begins to smell something fishy.
“I thought this was a very unique movie, with the same dry quirkiness as some other Australian flicks of the 90s like Murielu0026#39;s Wedding and Priscilla.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe two sisters live in such a tragic backwater that when a has-been DJ comes to live in their town, they donu0026#39;t even realize what a loser he is.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThey are so desperate for a social life they both go after him, and the results are funny (and the ending unexpected.)u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you donu0026#39;t appreciate the typically dry sense of humor of the Brits and Australians, you probably wonu0026#39;t enjoy it, but if you do, itu0026#39;s a bit of a gem.”
