The Illustrated Family Doctor

I intended to see this movie at the cinemas but it was gone within 2 weeks and when it finally came on Foxtel I wondered why I was bothering to go see it in the first place. The storyline was original and there were some interesting ideas used here, but the acting wasn't as good as I hoped and so many characters seem to either be angry or depressed in this movie that you find it hard to connect with anyone, not even the main character to an extent. I thought the speed of finding a donor was a bit far fetched too. What I thought was strange is that this movie was billed as a comedy but I probably only laughed once, at the stupidity of the moment where Gary attempts to defend himself with a wok. I think this movie tries to depend on comedic sympathy and ridicule over anything else. I expected something great from this movie but it just didn't deliver. Throughout most of the movie I felt uncomfortable and I didn't start to like it until about 20 minutes before the end. I really want Australian cinema to be prosperous but there sadly isn't enough drawing power here to help that along, apart from the fact that I practically saw no promotion before its box office release and monstrosities like Date Movie got loads more at the time. If I had a choice between Date Movie and this one though, I would choose the latter.