Cosi
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Movie Reviews of Cosi
Movie Review: Louis Nowra does it again!
Summary: 5 Stars
The screenplay for this movie was written by one of Australia's greatest contemporary playwrights, namely, Louis Nowra. When it comes to putting Australia on the map, Louis Nowra does it every time! This film has it all, love, misery, and madness...an exceptional film!Movie Review: Cosy Cosi !
Summary: 5 Stars
Still a great movie, raw, funny and worth having in your Aussy collection !Movie Review: Enjoyable
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a funny and poignant story- our hero is hired to direct a play at a mental hospital as a type of therapy for the patients. Lewis is not quite sure what he is in for. He meets an vaired assortment of societal outcasts and oddballs who in the end don't appear to be all that different from the people outside the institution.
Notable performances-
Ben Mendelsohn as Lewis the director
Rachel Griffiths as Lucy his girlfriend
Toni Collette as Julie a troubled young woman whose parents have sent her to a mental institution to deal with her drug problem
David Wenham ( aka Faramir from Return of the King) plays Doug a disturbed pyromaniac who stirs up trouble for the production.
The patients do not settle for some lame variety show and push to put on an opera- Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart. They do the opera as a play in English with singing for the finale. The play's theme is echoed by the events of the film- Lewis's friend Nick moves in with Lewis and Lucy and tells Lewis she is cheating on him. They make a bet. The play revolves around two young soldiers who make a bet that their women will be true- and then deceive them and the women fall in love with the new men they think they have met while their men are off at war.
The comedy is typical Aussie- a combo of physical slapstick and sight gags and some biting verbal barbs.
Toni Collette proves here she can sing beautifully- does an a cappella rendition of Stand By Me that steals the show.
Enjoyable overall- a gem in the rough I was pleased to stumble onto!
Movie Review: Mozart was never funnier
Summary: 4 Stars
The Australian film industry gave us this little treasure about a young man who can't keep a job. His tenure at an insane asylum is cut short by an out-of-control patient, who is only one of MANY - you will never forget Roy! The Opera Cosi Fan Tutti is presented in such a fun way that you almost wish you could see the whole thing. The 'heart-warming' ending doesn't detract too much, but be sure to stay ALL the way through the credits.Movie Review: Cosi
Summary: 4 Stars
By the director of Strictly Ballroom, with the same quirky point of view and more than a whiff of satire - this is genuinely funny, human, and ultimately kind. Unlike the ballroom "types," the folks in this movie are recognizable as real people.