Joyous Aussie semi musical with a big heart. It's a got a great set up - based on a true story - about aboriginal women singing Motown in Vietnam in the 1960s. You've got soul, land rights, Australia-America relations, race, urst, beehive hair, flashy dances, explosions. The cast is terrific - Jess Mauboy confirms she is a star, Deb Mailman is good as always, the two newbies are terrific (the hot one and the funny one), Connor McPherson has an awesome role and knocks it out of the park.
It's definitely not perfect - there are some odd scripting choices, like the reveal that one of them has a letter from an ex until immediately before an audition when there is plenty of chances to tell beforehand; Jessica Mauboy's plot seems truncated (what happened to her desire to make it big?); ditto a big blow up at the end. Also sometimes the studio setting is distracting (budget, I know, but that's how it is) and some scenes which you think would be easy ones to nail aren't e.g. an encounter with some VC which isn't very scary.
But the positives easily outweigh the virtues - it's bright and poppy with a big heart and talks about serious issues.
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