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In other words, they're hopeless and while life will be a
financial struggle you know they'll be alright because they
don't seem bright enough for that to bother them.
Mind you, they are nice guys and don't have a mean bone in
their bodies and so Fate decides to give them a bit of a hand-out
in the shape of a 270-kilo plus gold nugget that they just
so happen to stumble across.
Now for Lotto (Eric Bana), the unluckiest man who has ever
lived, Wookie (Stephen Curry) and Sue (Dave O'Neil) it means
life will be easy street for them - that is until an utter
scumbag called Ratner (Peter Moon) gets involved and steals
the nugget from them.
The trick for the trio is how to get it back - and can they
do so without tainting themselves with the greediness or nastiness
their opponents use.
Similar in flavour to Bliss - that classic, wonderful
film - The Nugget is a morality play in which spirituality,
decency and Fate are intertwined.
Was it their mateship and goodness that magically brought
them to the nugget and will greed tear them - and the magic
- apart?
The three main leads are excellent and come across as if
they have grown up together, while the support cast doesn't
fall far short of that high mark. Peter Moon is awfully horrid
as Ratner, Belinda Emmett superb as Lotto's long-suffering
wife and Max Cullen is the old bloke with all the answers.
The video transfer is terrific, with no obvious blemishes,
and is sharp and richly coloured. Sound-wise, The Nugget
is even better.
This is not a perfect movie by any stretch, but its main
fault - too few real laughs for a "comedy" - is
made up for by a charm and warmth that makes it well worth
sitting down to.
Conclusion: 80% Extras: 80%.
Continued: DVD
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