Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 2006


Suburban Mayhem

Buy Suburban Mayhem now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




'Suburban Mayhem' is a 2006 Australian film directed by Paul Goldman, written by Alice Bell and produced by Leah Churchill-Brown, with Jan Chapman as executive producer. It features an ensemble cast including Emily Barclay, Michael Dorman, Anthony Hayes, Robert Morgan and Genevieve Lemon. It was filmed in Sydney and Newcastle, Australia.

'Suburban Mayhem' had its world premiere at Cannes and its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. It was released shortly after in Australia on October 26, 2006 with subsequent releases around the world.

Plot





Katrina (Emily Barclay) is a 19-year-old single mother who is planning to get away with murder. Katrina lives in a world of petty crime, fast cars, manicures and fornication. A master manipulator of men, she lives at home with a deadbeat father in suburban Golden Grove. Katrina will stop at nothing, including murder, to get what she wants. When her father threatens to contact Social Services and take away her child, Katrina sets in motion a plan to wreak suburban mayhem that will leave a community in shock and make Katrina infamous in a way even she never dreamed of.

It is loosely based upon a series of notorious murders by Mark Valera, who killed Frank Arkell and David O'Hearn, and upon his sister Belinda van Krevel and her then-partner Keith Schreiber, who killed Jack van Krevel.

Cast



* Emily Barclay as Katrina

* Michael Dorman as Rusty

* Anthony Hayes as Kenny

* Robert Morgan as John

* Genevieve Lemon as Dianne

* Laurence Breuls as Danny

* Steve Bastoni as Robert Andretti

* Mia Wasikowska as Lilya

Festivals



* 2006 France Cannes Film Festival

* 2006 Australia Melbourne International Film Festival

* 2006 Canada Toronto International Film Festival

Awards



'Won':

* 2006 Australian Writers Guild: Best Original Feature Film (Alice Bell).

* 2006 Inside Film Awards: Best Actress (Emily Barclay), Best Music, Best Editing.

* 2006 Australian Film Institute Awards: Best Original Music Score (Mick Harvey)

* 2006 Australian Film Institute Awards: Best Lead Actress (Emily Barclay)

* 2006 Australian Film Institute Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Hayes)

'Nominated':

* 2006 Australian Film Institute Awards: Best Direction (Paul Goldman), Best Supporting Actress (Genevieve Lemon), AFI Young Actor Award (Mia Wasikowska), Best Original Screenplay (Alice Bell), Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Sound.

* 2006 Inside Film Awards: Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Script.

Reception



Box office

'Suburban Mayhem' grossed $342,600 at the box office in Australia.[http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf 'Film Victoria Australian Films at the Australian Box Office']

Critical reception

'Suburban Mayhem' has received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a "rotten" rating of 20%, based on 5 reviews, with an average rating of 4/10. Film scholar Bruno Starrs has critiqued the film with regard to Barbara Creed's notion of the "maternal feminine" monster.Starrs, D. Bruno (2006) The maternal monster in 'Suburban Mayhem'. Metro Magazine (151):pp. 2224.[http://eprints.qut.edu.au/6053/]

See also



*Cinema of Australia

References




Buy Suburban Mayhem now from Amazon

<-- Return to movies from 2006



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1104861555.