Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

A movie with "Crocodile-Dundee" Paul Hogan in the leading role. It's the first film in three years for him. He even seems a bit younger than before...go figure. Anyway, the movie Strange Bedfellows starts off quite boring and I almost turned it off after ten minutes, but then it started to get a bit interesting. Two elderly men trying to pose as gay-men in a little conservative village...hmmm, that's a thought. Then at some stage of the movie I started to think about what gay people like when people are making fun, as it seemed, about the stereotype gay-man. I couldn't answer that, but when the film came to it's end, I was filled with a warm and pleasant feeling, and I really think it teaches something about friendship and tolerance, which there is nearly not enough of in this world of ours.

Vince the local cinema owner and Ralph an expert on fixing motor bikes agree on a plan to reduce debt by cheating the taxation department. A same sex couple it seems gets certain privileges according to the new taxation laws (and what's more it's retrospective). In the closely knit society of Yackandandah where gossip abounds the two men venture on to dangerous ground by pretending they are a devoted homosexual couple.While the story itself may not be original, some of the scenes are hilarious. Learning how to walk ( "left-right-left-right-turn and pivot"), seeking out the right clothes ( "You look divine!"), adopting new phrases ("Just sing the song and dance the dance and follow the yellow brick road!") all add up to a multitude of laughs. Boy, are THEY amateurs?Michael Caton is excellent as a kindhearted mate willing to put himself out for a friend. Paul Hogan is acceptable as the debt ridden pal urging him on. One of the funniest scenes in the whole film is the interview conducted by the taxation officer (Pete Postlethwaite) to test the validity of their application. Glynn Nicholas as the straight guy covering his tracks by assuming a homosexual attitude gives an inspiring performance.The mannerisms in this farcical presentation are greatly exaggerated. They provide most of the humour. The predicted ending is such a happy one that any offense is hopefully quickly forgiven. Helping out a mate seems the right thing to do but sometimes it can get you into a whole heap of trouble.

I couldn't believe what I was reading about this film and decided that I would have to set the record straight somewhat, or at the very least add a little bit of balance to the comments index. "Strange Bedfellows" is symptomatic of what is currently ailing the Australian film industry at the moment. It is a small film (has the feel of a film school assignment), with underdone production values, and a severely undercooked script. It's a raw, still bloody and pulpy, carrion of a script. The writer, excuse me, writers of this 'piece' would have done well to hire a professional to completely overhaul their basic concept paying special attention to the dialogue, as well as ramping up the joke to minute ratio (which was dire).The film is a throwback to the 1950's, I have no problem with the use of stereotypes, but those pressed into service for this film were retired elsewhere on this planet approximately 40 years ago. I suppose the film was about two elderly gents who were masquerading as homosexual lovers so their innocence could, potentially have been genuine. But the stereotypes 'dug up' for this film lacked any form of comedic, or creative interest. The lack of a creditable script and the uninspired use of stereotypes aside, this film could have been worthwhile had it been ripsnortingly funny, but alas, it was found lacking it that department also.I have heard it before about a lot of Australian film and television product relating to the comedy genre. It is said by those in the industry that almost all Australian film and television comedies have one thing in common, "they're just not funny". "Strange Bedfellows" falls into that category, it just isn't funny.....enough. There are, admittedly a couple of funny happenings (the opening sequence when the mailman spins around and throws the mail sack at a newsagents was mildly amusing). It was not a complete train wreck of an exercise (although it was pretty close), unlike a couple of other people, I actually thought Paul Hogan was one of the few protagonists who looked comfortable in his role. Glynn Nicholas, is also quite good as the towns hairdresser, in fact, as much as he could, I thought he stole the film.As a long suffering Australian, please, in 2005 could we perhaps, instead of making five half-baked, insipid, quirky sleepers, could we pool the funds and make one decent tear-you-from-your-seat blockbuster.

I had to see this movie because it was filmed in my local area... Albury was used for the Sydney street scenes (no folks, that isn't actually Sydney!) and Yackandandah is an actual town about 20 minutes from Albury. I knew a lot of people who were extras in the film so the main reason I was going was to look for my friends in the film and try and ignore what I thought would be an absolutely terrible film.However, I was surprised. I actually found the film somewhat amusing... the plot actually managed to distract me from searching for people I might have known in the background. While I would not say it is a great movie, it certainly isn't bad for a bit of a laugh.Yackandandah is almost as beautiful in the movie as it is in real life and hopefully this film might help to increase tourism in the local area.Hoges left his ability to act behind with his big knife in Crocodile Dundee I'm afraid, but playing an easy role such as this which didn't require much effort from him worked well. Caton was great... he really brings to life Aussie "characters" and did a good job in this film.While the view of gay and lesbian culture may have been a bit skewed and over the top, the film is meant as a comedy so I think it can get away with it, because the whole notion of the film is fairly absurd so it just fits in with the tone of the film.So overall, this film wasn't too bad. I would never have gone to see it though if it wasn't shot in my local area, but it wasn't a total waste of my $11 for the movie ticket.