A Few Best Men

A Few Best Men
A Few Best Men
	Australian release poster
Directed by	Stephan Elliott
Written by	Dean Craig
Produced by	Antonia Barnard; Gary Hamilton; Laurence Malkin; Share Stallings;
Starring	Xavier Samuel; Kris Marshall; Kevin Bishop; Rebel Wilson; Olivia Newton-John;
Cinematography	Stephen F. Windon
Edited by	Sue Blainey
Music by	Guy Gross
Production; companies	Quickfire Films; Screen Australia; Screen NSW;
Distributed by	Icon Film Distribution (Australia); Buena Vista International (United Kingdom);
Release dates	14 October 2011 (MVFF); 26 January 2012 (Australia); 31 August 2012 (United Kingdom);
Running time	96 minutes
Countries	Australia; United Kingdom;
Language	English
Budget	A$14 million
Box office	$15.5 million

A Few Best Men is a 2011 comedy film written by Dean Craig and directed by Stephan Elliott. The film stars Xavier Samuel as a young groom heading to the Australian Blue Mountains with his three best men for his wedding. A sequel, A Few Less Men, was released in 2017.

Plot

When David Locking proposes to his girlfriend Mia Ramme a week after they meet in Tuvalu, he rounds up his three best friends to attend his wedding in Australia as best men; however, all hell breaks loose when the three of them accidentally steal drugs, are chased by a mobster, and get the father-in-law's sheep stoned.

Cast

Xavier Samuel as David Locking
Kris Marshall as Tom
Kevin Bishop as Graham
Rebel Wilson as Daphne Ramme
Olivia Newton-John as Barbara Ramme
Laura Brent as Mia Ramme
Jonathan Biggins as Jim Ramme
Tim Draxl as Luke
Steve Le Marquand as Ray
Elizabeth Debicki as Maureen
Phillip Scott as Celebrant Robin Arthur

Music

Universal Music Australia released A Few Best Man: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Remixes on 20 January 2012. The film soundtrack is sung primarily by Olivia Newton-John.

Release

A Few Best Men premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival in San Rafael, California on 14 October 2011.^[3] The film was released in Australia on 26 January 2012, and in the United Kingdom on 31 August 2012.

Critical reception

A Few Best Men was met with negative reviews, earning an approval rating of 18% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 39 reviews, with an average score of 3.6/10.^[4]

Fiona Williams of SBS noted that the film was as "funny as a funeral", awarding one star out of five, commenting that "Like a bad wedding reception, A Few Best Men is overlong by at least an hour, and the flimsy plot groans under its own weight."^[5]

Despite poor reviews, A Few Best Men was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score.

References

^ "A FEW BEST MEN (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
^ "A Few Best Men (2012)". boxofficemojo.com.
^ Mill Valley Film Festival (24 September 2011). "The Mill Valley Film Festival (October 6-16-, 2011) - Special Premiere". California Film Institute. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
^ "A Few Best Men (2011)". Retrieved 15 June 2021 – via rottentomatoes.com.
^ Williams, Fiona. "A Few best Men (review)". SBS. Retrieved 14 February 2013.

External links

A Few Best Men at IMDb
A Few Best Men at Rotten Tomatoes

[1] "A FEW BEST MEN (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.

[2] "A Few Best Men (2012)". boxofficemojo.com.

[3] Mill Valley Film Festival (24 September 2011). "The Mill Valley Film Festival (October 6-16-, 2011) - Special Premiere". California Film Institute. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.

[4] "A Few Best Men (2011)". Retrieved 15 June 2021 – via rottentomatoes.com.

[5] Williams, Fiona. "A Few best Men (review)". SBS. Retrieved 14 February 2013.

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