Rotten
Watching this movie is a bit like going to a dance where the drummer can't keep a steady beat. You think you should be laughing, but you just can't quite bring yourself to.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
The Rage in Placid Lake
For anyone who ever felt different... your hero has arrived.
2003 · 1h 29m · Not Rated
Comedy
Directed by
Tony McNamara
Overview
Placid Lake has always been different. As an odd fish in a sea of mediocrity, his brilliant ideas are bound to get him into more trouble than success. So when he finds himself flying off the school roof and breaking every bone in his body on graduation night, Placid decides to make a bid for the elusive normal life. To his parents' horror, he gets a normal job.
Director and cast
- Tony McNamara Director
- Jordan Brooking as Young Placid
- Ben Lee as Placid Lake
- Rose Byrne as Gemma Taylor
- Miranda Richardson as Sylvia Lake
- Lucas Fraccaro as Bull - 5 Years
- Zan Cross as Lachie - 5 Years
- Cruise Moylan as Angus - 5 Years
- Garry McDonald as Doug Lake
- Christopher Stollery as Joel
- Eleeza Hooker as Young Gemma
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
56%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An amiable film comedy that leaves you feeling good as opposed to feeling for your wallet.
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail
Rotten
What's missing from McNamara's film is right there in the title: the anger that cauterizes teen-movie glibness and burns down to the heart of the matter.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Fresh
Polished and dark, but upbeat.
Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter
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