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The Sum Of Us is a very worthwhile film to watch for four reasons:
1. We get to see Russell Crowe before he became super famous, in a performance he should be proud of and which displays early indications of his strength as an actor,
2. Jack Thompson gives what must be the highlight performance of his career,
3. the film is shot in Sydney, Australia, AND
4. it is a heartwarming, beautifully told, subtle, quirky, quintessentially Australian, romantic, funny and down-to-earth story about a man and his gay son, plus the son's lover and society's attitudes towards homosexuality.
Jeff Mitchell (Russell Crowe) is your typical stereotypical Aussie working-class man. Ruggedly handsome, unabashedly masculine, easy going with a larrikin streak about him, he works as a plumber by day and plays footy in his spare time with his mates. And he also happens to be a homosexual, or, as his father puts it, 'cheerful.'
His father Harry (Jack Thompson) is relaxed about his son's sexual preference. In fact, Harry is so relaxed about it that he buys gay porn magazines for his son, cracks ribald jokes with him, encourages and supports his son in finding a partner, and even interrupts his son in the middle of a steamy session with a boyfriend to ask what sort of tea they would like in the morning!
Father and son have lived together ever since wife/mother died and both are achingly lonely. They make the usual odd couple who can't stand each other's bad habits but remain the strongest of friends.
Jeff brings home a prospective boyfriend, Greg (John Polson). Greg comes from a dysfunctional family where the father is a bigoted brute and the mother is completely timid and submissive. Needless to say, Greg has been keeping his homosexuality a secret from his family. When he sees the relaxed and open relationship that Jeff has with his father, it is all too much for him and he flees, much to the disappointment of Jeff.
Harry in the meantime is missing the companionship of a woman and decides to join a computerised dating service. He soon meets divorcee Joyce (Deborah Kennedy) and they get along so well that they are even contemplating marriage.
However, the world literally crashes on Harry when Joyce finds out that Jeff is gay and she cannot accept Jeff's homosexuality. What happens next?
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The Sum Of Us (DVD)
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🔴 Condition - Very Good 🔴
The Sum Of Us is a very worthwhile film to watch for four reasons:
1. We get to see Russell Crowe before he became super famous, in a performance he should be proud of and which displays early indications of his strength as an actor,
2. Jack Thompson gives what must be the highlight performance of his career,
3. the film is shot in Sydney, Australia, AND
4. it is a heartwarming, beautifully told, subtle, quirky, quintessentially Australian, romantic, funny and down-to-earth story about a man and his gay son, plus the son's lover and society's attitudes towards homosexuality.
Jeff Mitchell (Russell Crowe) is your typical stereotypical Aussie working-class man. Ruggedly handsome, unabashedly masculine, easy going with a larrikin streak about him, he works as a plumber by day and plays footy in his spare time with his mates. And he also happens to be a homosexual, or, as his father puts it, 'cheerful.'
His father Harry (Jack Thompson) is relaxed about his son's sexual preference. In fact, Harry is so relaxed about it that he buys gay porn magazines for his son, cracks ribald jokes with him, encourages and supports his son in finding a partner, and even interrupts his son in the middle of a steamy session with a boyfriend to ask what sort of tea they would like in the morning!
Father and son have lived together ever since wife/mother died and both are achingly lonely. They make the usual odd couple who can't stand each other's bad habits but remain the strongest of friends.
Jeff brings home a prospective boyfriend, Greg (John Polson). Greg comes from a dysfunctional family where the father is a bigoted brute and the mother is completely timid and submissive. Needless to say, Greg has been keeping his homosexuality a secret from his family. When he sees the relaxed and open relationship that Jeff has with his father, it is all too much for him and he flees, much to the disappointment of Jeff.
Harry in the meantime is missing the companionship of a woman and decides to join a computerised dating service. He soon meets divorcee Joyce (Deborah Kennedy) and they get along so well that they are even contemplating marriage.
However, the world literally crashes on Harry when Joyce finds out that Jeff is gay and she cannot accept Jeff's homosexuality. What happens next?
EXTRA FEATURES
Notes-Press Gallery
Biographies-Cast & Crew
Production Notes
Awards
Gallery-Photo
Interviews-Cast-Jack Thompson