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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Mark Joffe |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 11 April, 1997 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Miramax Home Entertainment |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-comedy |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 786936016017 |
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Customer Reviews of Cosi
A rare treasure in a sea of bad Aussie movies! ;) Cosi is an absolutely fantastic find in the sea of Australian movies that are often total trash! A truly honest and original film, it creates several hilarious psychiatric patients including a pyromaniac to make Cosi a captivating story that really does entertain you for a couple of hours.
Based on the play written by Louis Nowra, Cosi is the uplifting story of how a group of psychiatric hospital tenants come together to perform an Italian opera Cosi Fan Tutte (Mozart) against the initial thoughts of the amateur director who has agreed to help the patients "come out of their shells". This is a tale of how "Jerry" (as one of the patient labels him) learns to accept these people and eventually he discovers and reveals to the audience that although these people are considered "crazy lunatics", they are, in essence, no more crazy than the people on the 'outside'.
This movie is for those looking for an original, creative film that guarantees laughs and smiles as well as entertaining characters and good ol' Aussie humour.
Absolutely superb acting/story/characters.
A fan of Australian films, this one ranks highest. It could be the fact that one can actually care for the characters in this movie rather than not be left with anything when the credits roll. It is honest and true. It is not "Hollywood fluff" like much of the movies being made today. In fact, it is my favorite movie of all time. A definite winner in my book. It may not be for everyone, but if you have seen other Toni Collette movies (Muriel's Wedding) or another great Australian flick "Strictly Ballroom" you'll be engaged by this movie.
Enjoyable!
This is a funny and poignant story- our hero is hired to direct a play at a mental hospital as a type of therapy for the patients. Lewis is not quite sure what he is in for. He meets an vaired assortment of societal outcasts and oddballs who in the end don't appear to be all that different from the people outside the institution.
Notable performances-
Ben Mendelsohn as Lewis the director
Rachel Griffiths as Lucy his girlfriend
Toni Collette as Julie a troubled young woman whose parents have sent her to a mental institution to deal with her drug problem
David Wenham ( aka Faramir from Return of the King) plays Doug a disturbed pyromaniac who stirs up trouble for the production.
The patients do not settle for some lame variety show and push to put on an opera- Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart. They do the opera as a play in English with singing for the finale. The play's theme is echoed by the events of the film- Lewis's friend Nick moves in with Lewis and Lucy and tells Lewis she is cheating on him. They make a bet. The play revolves around two young soldiers who make a bet that their women will be true- and then deceive them and the women fall in love with the new men they think they have met while their men are off at war.
The comedy is typical Aussie- a combo of physical slapstick and sight gags and some biting verbal barbs.
Toni Collette proves here she can sing beautifully- does an a cappella rendition of Stand By Me that steals the show.
Enjoyable overall- a gem in the rough I was pleased to stumble onto!