Under the Cover of Cloud

After losing his job in Melbourne, Ted returns to his hometown of Hobart, Tasmania, to spend some time with his family. While there he decides to write a non-fiction book on Tasmanian top-order Test batsmen. First on his list is a man who lives in Hobart and who he is keen to meet, the legendary David Boon.

I watched this because I love Test cricket and the basic plot seemed interesting enough. Turns out this is far more a documentary rather than drama, which shouldn't necessarily be a death blow for it. What does sink this though is that it is incredibly boring.

We basically have 90 or so minutes of home movies and Ted and his family are not at all interesting. It's like being stuck at a dinner party where every subject that comes up is extremely dull yet is discussed at length and in depth. Much of it is also just day-to-day domestic life of your average person, which in general is not exciting. There's a reason screenwriters get paid heaps to write the scripts for movies...

David Boon does eventually make an appearance but even that scene is fairly bland.

On the plus side, if you're looking for a cure for insomnia, this is it.