Garage Days

2002 Comedy

Alex Proyas, director of The Crow and Dark City, switches gears for the lightweight romantic comedy Garage Days. Set in the Sydney suburb of Newtown, Freddy (Kick Gurry) really wants his band to make it big. The band consists of his girlfriend Tanya (Pia Miranda) on bass, the drugged-out Lucy (Chris Sadrinna) on drums, and the mopey Joe (Brett Stiller) on guitar. Their inept manager, Bruno (Russell Dykstra), thinks they can get successful if they hook up with record executive Shad Kern (Marton Csokas). However, the band develops personal problems when Joe's girlfriend Kate (Maya Stange) announces she's pregnant and falls for Freddy, then gothic girl Angie (Yvette Duncan) seduces Joe, and Tanya gets involved with Lucy. Garage Days premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.

Director: Alex Proyas

Starring: Kick Gurry, Maya Stange, Pia Miranda, Russell Dykstra, Brett Stiller

 30 Reviews  2 Awards

Reviews

  • The movie is not in any sense a musical featuring this band (which, as nearly as I could tell, does not have a name). The soundtrack has a lot of music, freely selected from pop hits old and new, but the running gag is that the band never gets to play, and so we never get to hear it.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    26 April 2013

  • Though the storytelling is a bit lopsided, the slapdash quality is charming overall, and the movie benefits from colorful characters and a couple of hilarious scenes.

    Mick LaSalle - The San Francisco Chronicle

    26 April 2013

  • What MTV's "The Real World" would be like if its characters admitted they were simply aspiring actors. Garage Days is more clever, more compelling and genuine.

    - The Wall Street Journal

    26 April 2013

  • A lively little Australian rock movie hamstrung and sunk by one of the least successful story ideas I've seen recently.

    Michael Wilmington - The Chicago Tribune

    26 April 2013

  • Garage Days is fun, but it would have been even more entertaining if Proyas had taken an unplugged approach.

    Lou Lumenick - New York Post

    26 April 2013

Awards

  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role

    Australian Film Institute (2002)

     

  • Best Music

    IF Awards (2003)

     

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