Movie review - "Kenny" (2006) ***1/2

A deserved hit this would have gone through the roof if it had had more of a story - your basic "has to raise $X in X days" would have sufficied, anything to tie it together a bit more, for the rest is wonderful: the world of the film (its interesting alone as a straight doco), the performances (once you get used to Kenny's voice the performance is excellent), the production values (Melbourne Cups, etc), the dialogue (some wonderful ways with words), the overall warmth. Kenny's wife is a bit of a one dimensional bitch and you fear maybe the Jacobsen's are flirting a bit too closely to Jerry Lewis "I want everyone to love me" Chaplinesque stuff. It goes on a little long without that story, but the final bit is helped by having a believable romance sub plot and strong emotional family stuff. The film really hates yuppies.