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Gurry is Freddy, a lead singer with a suburban Sydney band,
who dreams of the big time - and the opening scene dissolves
from a massive outdoor rock concert into his bedroom where
he is inadequately bonking his bass-playing girl Tanya (Miranda).
The other members of the band are an unstable lead guitarist
Joe (Brett Stiller) and a wild-man drummer Lucius (Chris Sadrinnais),
while their hopeless manager is a hugely funny Bruno (Russell
Dykstra).
All of the characters are strong and well-rounded and the
success of Garage Days rests upon the tangled web they
weave within the group.
Freddy and Tanya like each other, but it is not head-over-heels
love. Joe has a gorgeous lady in Kate (Maya Stange), but he's
distracted at the moment and Lucius goes for any female that
moves.
Their aim is to get a gig in a pub, but the invasion of pokie
machines means there are few places to play live any more,
and then go on to record a demo CD.
While they search for a spot to play, Lady Luck throws them
a helping hand when a big-time agent Shad Kerns (Marton Csokas)
loses his wallet and who should be on the spot to return it
but the ever-upwards thinking Freddy. It doesn't hurt that
he's also seen Kerns having it away with the girlfriend of
the country's hottest band.
So, as things look up on the professional front, things take
a dive within the band as Freddy finds himself realising that
he is falling for Kate and she for him.
However, don't think of Garage Days as being a run-of-the-mill
band yarn, or a boy-ditches-girl-meets-girl scenario. It throws
in a large number of surprises that will have you nodding
approval and has some extremely funny moments. One of which
is a drug mix-up that has the band tripping out on acid while
trying to get money out of Tanya's straight-laced parents.
The entire cast does a fantastic job from the major roles
down to the support - oh, and watch for Andy Anderson as the
ageing rock guitarist. He is sensational!
The video transfer of Garage Days is very good and
the sound - dare I suggest it - rocks.
Garage Days is a ripper of a movie that will grab
most people. A slight warning must be handed out, however,
for those who don't like strong language, or sex and drug
scenes.
Conclusion: 90% Extras: 20%.
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