This Mick Molloy comedy was a hit when it was released, but to watch its commentary on Australia’s pokies problem now feels almost prophetic
ack Simpson has three memberships to Cityside Lawn Bowls Club but his interest in the vibrant bowling community begins and ends with the car park and its prime location in the middle of the city. The bowls club happens to be directly across the road from his middling telemarketing job, and he turns a tidy profit by selling the other two parking passes off to fellow commuters.
Not exactly known for his theatrical range, Molloy basically plays an arrested rendition of himself in Crackerjack: a beer-sozzled knockabout who doesn’t take himself too seriously and his new role in the club’s bowls team even less so.
When released in late 2002, Crackerjack was a box office triumph , earning $8.2m against a $3.5m budget – the most successfulof the year. Written by Molloy and his brother Richard, and produced by their own Molloy Boy Productions, fans of any of this film’s spiritual cousins – The Dish, Frontline, The Late Show, The Castle – will find plenty to love here.
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