A coming-of-age farce set in Wales (a note to those unaccustomed to the accent: it's thick and you may occasionally long for subtitles) that's enjoyable enough until you start thinking about its rather ludicrous plot contrivances, this is mostly a showcase for the comic talents of Australian actress Rachel Griffiths. Annie-Mary (Griffiths) is a gawky, post-adolescent Welsh girl who once dreamed of being an opera singer. But as the film begins, she's living at home in the charmingly monikered village of Owd with her philandering father, Jack (Jonathan Pryce), a baker and rather gifted tenor who thinks nothing of wearing a Luciano Pavarotti Halloween mask at odd moment...
Released:
2002
Rated:
NR
Length:
105 mins