The Wog Boy
- 2000
- 1h 32m
When a 'dole bludging' Greek gains national fame following a television appearance, he's recruited by a political party as the face of their campaign to improve the country's unemployment ra... Read allWhen a 'dole bludging' Greek gains national fame following a television appearance, he's recruited by a political party as the face of their campaign to improve the country's unemployment rate.When a 'dole bludging' Greek gains national fame following a television appearance, he's recruited by a political party as the face of their campaign to improve the country's unemployment rate.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations
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Did you know
- TriviaVince colosimo "Frank" and John Barresi "Domenic" also starred together in the underbelly series. John Barresi played the "nervous barber" who Vince colosimo's character "Alfonso " beats up in season 1 episode 1.
- GoofsWhen the Department of Employment supervisor stamps the benefit form 'SUSPENDED" and hands it back to Steve, although it is briefly shown upside down, the name at the top-right of the form is not Steve's but his friend Theo's (most noticeable in the remastered widescreen version).
- Quotes
Raelene Beagle-Thorpe: What the hell are you doing?
Steve Karamitsis: Woah baby! Hey, give people some warning before you stick that face out in public.
Raelene Beagle-Thorpe: Do you know who I am?
Steve Karamitsis: [noticing the smeared lipstick] Mrs Ronald McDonald?
Raelene Beagle-Thorpe: I'm the Minister for employment. You little worm!
Steve Karamitsis: Oh really? Well on behalf of myself and the other 799,000 unemployed in this country, you're doing a great fucking job.
- ConnectionsFollowed by The Kings of Mykonos (2010)
- SoundtracksGet Tzatziki With It
Written by John von Ahlen and Jaime Jimenez and Nick Giannopoulos
Performed by Nick Giannopoulos
Courtesy of Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Limited/Control
I was drawn to the film by the unusual title it is not often you see a film that has a racist term in the title, and I assumed I could get all worked up about it in a Daily Mail type of way. Sadly for my middle-class rage, this film has so much self mocking energy that it is impossible to be offended by it. The downside of all this energy is that it doesn't manage to cover the fact that the film itself isn't actually very funny. The plot is, well, pointless, which leaves it only with ethnic stereotypes from which to draw it's humour.
These stereotypes are actually pretty funny at times, but I suggest this film will generally appeal to those who identified with My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Outside of these the film has little to do and fills it's time with shouting and hand waving to keep the energy high. I enjoyed watching it as I was coming off a bad day of food poisoning and needed something silly and energetic to raise my spirits but I must admit that I did notice that I wasn't actually laughing very much at all.
The cast are pretty good I guess, despite all being cartoon characters in one way or another. Giannopoulos is enjoyable as Steve and seems natural in the role, a side effect of writing it I suppose, but most of the rest fall into one ethnic stereotype or another.
Overall this has energy and is silly if that is what you want. If you have a background similar to these characters then you may get more from it. But it is hard not to notice just how few actual laughs there are in the 90 minutes.
- bob the moo
- Jul 26, 2003
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- Budget
- A$5,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1