Basing this screen nostalgia on his own growing pains in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Australian writer-director Bob Ellis attempts to find cinematic expression for his boyhood brush with religious fanaticism. Unfortunately, his life story is hardly the stuff of a 120-minute epic
comedy.
Although college newspaper editor Ken Elkins (Noah Taylor) ankled his fundamentally righteous religion years ago, he is still haunted by the shades of fire and brimstone. As the film flashes back and forth between his rebellious present and his coming-of-age with more pious friend Wayland (Erick
Mitsak), Elkins struggles with the call of the flesh. This religion-sanctioned...
Released:
1993
Rated:
R
Length:
120 mins