All About E
- Director: Louise Wadley
- Writer: Louise Wadley
- Producer: Jay Rutovitz
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Louise Wadley's debut feature has garnered an inexplicable amount of praise. Some have even hailed it as a lesbian 'classic' - seriously, what film did you watch!?! Because...it certainly wasn't this one!
All About E is not - by any stretch of the imagination - a classic. It's not the worst film ever made...but, it does feature some of the worst accents ever to disgrace a small independent feature.
If you can't do the accent justice, don't do the accent at all - yes, we are talking about you, Simon Bolton...that phonetically produced Scottish brogue was akin to cat's claws being dragged down an antique blackboard.
As for the Irish - well, they were represented by an ill-fashioned ditzy queen - forget about the accent, the performance is a demented, kaleidoscopic mis-fire - yes, we're talking about you, Brett Rogers.
That's the supporting boys dealt with...now, for the leading ladies. The over-acting of the males is matched - in contrast - with the under-acting of the females. Obviously, Wadley's vision was...the poofs will supply the levity, the dykes do pathos...well, that didn't work.
All About E is a remarkably well-shot film - shame about the wardrobe malfunction, the decidedly weak premise and those bloody awful accents.
Trailer...
All About E trailer from Jay Rutovitz on Vimeo.
The(ir) Blurb...
E, a beautiful Sydney DJ seems to have it all. Headlining at a top nightclub, a home with her gay best-friend Matt and a world of women at her feet, but looks can be deceiving - something is missing. When she and Matt stumble on a stash of cash, they hit the road on the run from the crooks in search of a new life and possibly a lost love.
Heading for safety in the bush and to Trish, the one girl who broke her heart, E has to find the strength to face her demons, come out to her migrant family and be brave enough to admit to the world, and those she loves, who she is and what she truly wants.
Cast & Characters
Mandahla Rose as E;
Brett Rogers as Matt O'Halloran;
Julia Billington as Trish;
Simon Bolton as Johnny Rock;
Kim Hayes as Nadine Malouf;
Lex Marinos as Joseph Malouf;
Matt Ruscic as Jonas;
Paul Berenger as George;
Karli Rae Grogan as Jaki;
Cooper George Amai as Club DJ