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Ruben Guthrie

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Life is good for Ruben Guthrie. He works as advertisement executive, leads a lavish, party boy lifestyle and has a model fiancée, but after a drunken mistake leaves his life in ruins, he is forced to face his problem with the bottle.
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Luke Buckmaster Guardian An initially archetypal trajectory (boy loses girl; boy goes on mission to get her back) becomes something curlier and less conventional, with lashings of abrasive dialogue that recall its stage origins Jul 25, 2015 Full Review Jake Wilson Sydney Morning Herald As a writer and actor, Cowell is obviously talented if erratic; as a filmmaker he has a long way to go. Rated: 2.5/5 Jul 16, 2015 Full Review Nick Dent Time Out Sydney It's all a bit low stakes, Rated: 3/5 Sep 27, 2017 Full Review David 'Mad Dog' Bradley Rip It Up Cowell makes his feature film dbut as writer/director/producer, bringing it to the screen with Patrick Brammall in terrific, tormented form as our titular 'hero'. Rated: 3.5/5 Jan 1, 2016 Full Review Mel Campbell Junkee Perhaps Ruben Guthrie makes more sense if you watch it while drunk. Being sober, I loathed it. Aug 14, 2015 Full Review Jim Schembri 3AW It might be a case of something essential getting lost in the translation, but first-time director Brendan Cowell's adaptation of his play about an alcoholic advertising man on the road to redemption is a well-intentioned mess. Rated: 1/5 Jul 24, 2015 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Watch it. It'll surprise you Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review lenny r Interesting story about the trials of an alcoholic in a culture that makes it hard to escape alcohol. The mix of comedy and drama gets a bit awkward at times, but Brammall brings weight to the lighter moments and lightness to the heavy ones. Nevin, Thompson, Lee, Sims and Dyer lend good support. Demitriades overdoes it a bit. Makes Sydney look amazing, while showing how awful it has the potential to be. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Rather cliched, but unfunny. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Brilliant movie, Brendan Cowall has done a wonderful job in writing directing and starring in this great depiction of Australia and their attitude towards alcohol Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Wonderful expose of the struggle with alcohol. Highly recommended for mature audience. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Life is good for ad man Ruben Guthrie (Patrick Brammall) - he leads a party boy lifestyle, has a model fiancée and lives in a house on the water. But he is an alcoholic and so his fiancée Zoya (Abbey Lee) leaves him with instruction that if he can be sober for a year, she'll give him another chance. Despite his hedonistic lifestyle it is easy to sympathise with Ruben given how his progress is hampered by friends, colleagues and even his family. And in this, the comedy makes some important comments on mateship and male interaction, as well as Australia's drinking culture, without being overly preachy. As both first film and stage adaptation, this work from Brendan Cowell, stands up, thanks to its backing from Destination NSW (the waterside Sydney shots are glorious). Alex Dimitriades is a real highlight, as Ruben's hard-living gay friend from uni days. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Life is good for Ruben Guthrie. He works as advertisement executive, leads a lavish, party boy lifestyle and has a model fiancée, but after a drunken mistake leaves his life in ruins, he is forced to face his problem with the bottle.
Director
Brendan Cowell
Producer
Kath Shelper
Screenwriter
Brendan Cowell
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
Australian English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 5, 2020
Runtime
1h 33m
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