The direction is distractingly show- offy at times, befitting a film that is all surface and no substance. Join Facebook to connect with Ruben Guthrie and others you may know. Musician in southern Indiana. Ruben Guthrie not only has nothing new to say, its notions of how alcohol is viewed in Australia seem a good twenty or thirty years out of date. Ruben Guthrie is the story of one man not only battling the bottle, but the city that won't let him put it down. We follow a young man struggling to find himself through three strained ...
To give but one example: everyone in Ruben's life - his boss, his father, his best mate, his mother - refuses to take his decision to quit alcohol seriously, refuses to really accept that alcoholism could be his problem; indeed, they all actively insist he snap out of it and have another drink. Norman, who survived a fire as a child, is obsessed with light and haunted by its powers.
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Yes - just like it isn't the 21st century, educated middle-class people aren't acutely aware of the dangers of alcohol, and parents, employers or best friends never respect someone's decision not to drink. He's at the top of his game, until some drunken skylarking lands Ruben at the bottom of his infinity pool, lucky to be alive. Ruben Guthrie. The ending is great. The film was written and directed by Brendan Cowell, based on his play of the same name. Brendan Cowell (play), Life is good for ad man Ruben Guthrie - he leads a party boy lifestyle, has a model fiancée and lives in a house on the water. Ruben Guthrie’s parents (Jack Thompson and Robyn Nevin) take on a rather sinster demeanour as enablers and deniers, and Ruben Guthrie’s otherwise easy ride though the early experimental days of sobriety becomes more like dragging himself through thick mud.
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He's at the top of his game, until some drunken skylarking lands Ruben at the bottom of his infinity pool, lucky to be alive. Like so many Australian films, Ruben Guthrie is thin, shallow and populated by caricatures who never really threaten to turn into fully formed characters. Life is good for ad man Ruben Guthrie - he leads a party boy lifestyle, has a model fiancée and lives in a house on the water. Ruben Guthrie is a 2015 Australian romantic drama film starring Patrick Brammall as the title character, with Alex Dimitriades and Abbey Lee Kershaw in supporting roles. At various points Ruben smashes a bottle against his mirrored home bar, throws his mobile phone into the harbour and rips his laptop into pieces... as people almost never do in real life. For an enhanced browsing experience, get the IMDb app on your smartphone or tablet.
The direction is distractingly show- offy at times, befitting a film that is all surface and no substance.
View production, box office, & company info Photos. An up-and-coming journalist finds his world and faith increasingly challenged when he's granted the interview of a lifetime - with someone who claims to be God. For a few moments here and there I thought - more hoped - that it might prove to be a serious and scathing look at Australian drinking culture. Afficher les profils des personnes qui s’appellent Ruben Guthrie.
A prologue of one heartbreaking history of love and gas-lighting. But no. At various points Ruben smashes a bottle against his mirrored home bar, throws his mobile phone into the harbour and rips his laptop into pieces... as people almost never do in real life. His mum hits the panic button, and then his fiancée leaves him, but not before issuing him one final challenge: If Ruben can do one year without a drink, she'll give him another chance... RUBEN GUTHRIE is the story of one man not only battling the bottle, but the city that won't let him put it down. All this and - just for good measure - an annoying and offensive gay stereotype mincingly played by Alex Dimitriades. Check out the lineup of new movies and shows streaming on Netflix this month, including Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Ruben Guthrie is the story of one man not only battling the bottle, but the city that won't let him put it down. Two brothers struggle with a terrible truth behind a tragedy that aims to tear three generations of a family apart.
Mostly playing solo acoustic shows, but not limited to that. All this and - just for good measure - an annoying and offensive gay stereotype mincingly played by Alex Dimitriades. Free Download: Ruben Guthrie (2015) 1080p BluRay YTS.MX01:33:30 | 1452x818 @ 2181 kb/s | 24.00 fps(r) (und) | aac, 48000 Hz, stereo (und) | 1.42 GiBGenre(s): Comedy / Drama / RomanceScreens:Plot:Ruben Guthrie is the story of one man not only … To give but one example: everyone in Ruben's life - his boss, his father, his best mate, his mother - refuses to take his decision to quit alcohol seriously, refuses to really accept that alcoholism could be his problem; indeed, they all actively insist he snap out of it and have another drink. Life is good for ad man Ruben Guthrie - he leads a party boy lifestyle, has a model fiancée and lives in a house on the water. Ruben Guthrie is a 2015 Australian romantic drama film starring Patrick Brammall as the title character, with Alex Dimitriades and Abbey Lee Kershaw in supporting roles. Rate. Just great. 22 May 2016 | ozjosh03 You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Ruben Guthrie is on fire. He pours himself a drink to celebrate, a drink to work, a drink to sleep and one spectacular night he drinks so much he thinks he can fly. He’s 29, he’s the Creative Director of a cutting edge advertising agency, he’s engaged to a Czech supermodel and Sydney is his oyster. When Sarah meets Mike, everything she thought she knew about the world is turned upside down. On the edge of sanity in a... But no. A thirsty comedy about a man on the rocks. For a few moments here and there I thought - more hoped - that it might prove to be a serious and scathing look at Australian drinking culture.