Spin Out

This was a cute film. Everyone loves a party with crazy happenings. The characters are likeable and quirky.

Not for those looking for complexity during their fun flicks. This ones just FUN!

Loud and colourful are not quite enough in this very unsubtle rom-com set amongst exuberant car-mad country youths at an annual Bachelor and Spinster's weekend of fancy car stunts, hard drinking, hard dancing, hard practical joking and dreams of sex in a noisy group setting. The main young couple try every stupid rom-com ploy to pretend they won't get together and just remain best mates, but we all know they'll get together in the end.

Similar in tone to Weekend At Bernie's, this film does at least celebrate the Australian rural landscape, and a bit of rural culture, but it's all a bit OTT for me.

This movie makes me feel good. The soundtrack is the best, and Morgan Griffin is such a cute actress that is romantic. I haven't seen this in cinemas, This is one of the best Australian Comedy of all.

I'm not sure what some people saw in this movie but it wasn't what I expected. If it weren't for the fact I rented this movie I'd never made it to the end. Now I have definitely saw better movies about drinking non-stop and acting like fools. "Porky's" come to mind as well as "Can't Hardly Wait" but this one was a bit too much. The two biggest names in the movie (Xavier Samuel and Lincoln Lewis) couldn't save it. It starts out great then mellows out a bit then turns to a drink fest that never delivers.

I never heard of ute where stunt driver's drive in circles and perform stunts which is popular in Australia. They could have focused more on the sport and allow other countries to witness such events. All we get to see however are a bunch of young adults acting like juveniles guzzling beer and wanting sex. Not once did I even giggle at this movie but thought about the wasted talent. Now I love movies based around a sport and own my fair share of them and this movie should have featured the sport more than what they do show. Lincoln Lewis who I saw in a few movies was really wasted here not to mention Xavier Samuel the two biggest names in the movie. I saw them both in the Australia horror movie "Bait 3D" (no shared screen time) and it was a great movie. I've seen Xavier Samuel in a few movies that were way better than this not to mention Lincoln Lewis who I saw in another movie.

Bottom line is this so called rom-com never gets off the ground and none of the actors really showcase their talent. I myself try to avoid movie's that feature non-stop drinking and silly antics because they usually are not funny. They had a great subject to build a good movie and as they say dropped the ball.

This movie was nothing but a group of roughnecks acting like kids after highschool graduation party and I saw much better in that area. I thought this movie didn't try to be entertaining just got crazier as it went on. The next day everyone is waking up after all that drinking without any hangover. I can't really say anything good about this movie but it does put a roadblock up on foreign movies and coming from Australia I expected something more. I gave it 1 out of 10 star's as this is really nothing more than a drink fest and nothing to really get into except a rowdy get together.

'Spin Out' offers the audience a chance to sit back, relax and enjoy a fun ride as they witness a feel-good coming-of-age story. The film is littered with Australian themes and discourses that are common among some of the nation's most successful films - mateship, larrikinism, the Aussie battler, small country towns and the outback.

Everything in the film is solid without being exceptional. There are some nice performances from the leads, Xavier Samuel and Morgan Griffin, but the film truly belongs to supporting actor Travis Jeffery. He brings to the screen an admirable blend of humour and pathos that really becomes the connection between the audience and the story.

The co-direction of the film by Marc Gracie and Tim Ferguson works well and is rather cinematic considering their backgrounds in television. Ferguson and co-writer Edwina Exton seem to genuinely love their characters and have worked to blend an array of small country town figures and issues in an effective way to give the majority of supporting players a chance to shine.

I think the film is best summed up by another reviewer that stated it is 'sweet but parochial'. It is a generally fun, if slightly flawed, film that I really enjoyed watching. Sometimes movies should be just about having a good time with good characters and this is one of them.