Mental (2012) (original) (raw)
P.J. Hogan writes and directs this raucous Australian comedy. Toni Collette stars as Shaz, a hippy hitchhiker who is randomly recruited as a live-in nanny by philandering politician and father of five wayward girls Barry (Anthony LaPaglia) after his wife is committed to a psychiatric hospital. But it soon transpires that Shaz, far from being a stabilising influence on this most dysfunctional of families, has brought along plenty of issues of her own.
P.J. Hogan writes and directs this raucous Australian comedy. Toni Collette stars as Shaz, a hippy hitchhiker who is randomly recruited as a live-in nanny by philandering politician and father of five wayward girls Barry (Anthony LaPaglia) after his wife is committed to a psychiatric hospital. But it soon transpires that Shaz, far from being a stabilising influence on this most dysfunctional of families, has brought along plenty of issues of her own. (less)
Director: P.J. Hogan
Writer: P.J. Hogan
Starring: Toni Collette, Liev Schreiber, Anthony LaPaglia, Caroline Goodall, Bethany Whitmore, Kerry Fox
Producers: Jocelyn Moorhouse, Janet Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Gary Hamilton
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Review by Brian Orndorf, March 28, 2013
8 / 10
�Mental� is mental, living up to the potential of its title with a wild, uninhibited display of psychological fractures and grotesque comedy. The picture marks the return of writer/director P.J. Hogan to the screen, who long ago helmed the cult hit �Muriel�s Wedding� before embarking on a deflating Hollywood career that included �My Best Friend�s Wedding,� 2003�s �Peter Pan,� and �Confessions of a Shopaholic.� Revisiting his Australian roots, Hogan summons a tidal wave of mischief and manic activity with �Mental,� straddling a thin line between insanity and compassion. Hilarious but a tonal bu ...read more...
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