Colin Rowley

This is a great movie experience. Bill Murray and his musician friends explore the best of American literature, and music. Murray is backed by a cellist, violinist and pianist. The stage show was filmed in Greece and Murray gives us a rich mixture of spoken word and song. There's also a dance sequence too. It's not a Bill Murray comedy show, although there are plenty of laughs. I watched the film at Palace Cinema in Coburg. The cinema complex has plenty of sound proofing, as it is surrounded by the walls and buildings of the old Pentridge Prison.

For matinee entertainment, it has the lot. A predictable script which held a few surprises. The actors I think were told by the director, "Over-act damn you!", and they did with gusto. I reckon they were having a ball being in this flick. The bear had the best part by far. The story bounced along a good pace, and we were on the edge of seats waiting for the bear's next scene-stealer. I am squeamish most times, but after watching the trailer, I thought, this will be a good one. It was.