I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

STRANGE BEDFELLOWS is one of those films that plays like a TV sitcom without the canned laughter - especially now that gay themed shows have made it big on television. This film's main charm is its Aussie flavor and that forgives a lot of the shortcomings of a fluffy idea of a script.Essentially, two men (Paul Hogan and Michael Caton) decide to avoid back taxes and take advantage of a new law that allows same sex partners to gain the rights of married couples by passing as a gay married couple. How they go about convincing each other that they can pass as gay in order to convince the authorities and then how they can learn to act gay and live a gay life to back up their story is the action of the movie. Many stereotypes are included but somehow the Aussies know how to pull this off with minimal offense.The overall theme, after the story is all said and done, is one of tolerance and compassion for people who are in different societal climes. Hogan and Caton pull this off well, showing how really everyone they meet in their charade is just a 'regular guy' - and for that reason the film becomes more tolerable than the usual farces that deal with 'passing'. Not a great movie, but one with a wink! Grady Harp

I made a special trip into London to see this film on its outing at the Raindance Film Festival. What a waste of a train fare and my time. I had to keep reminding myself that this was not a film made in the 1950s but in the new millennium. The story had potential, but was delivered with such offensive heavy-handed "humor" that I had to wonder if Paul Hogan was terrified that if he introduced any subtlety into his performance someone might think that deep down he was gay. As for the truly talented Michael Caton, he looked throughout as though he wished he was anywhere but in this sad little film. It would have been interesting to see the same film made by the wonderful people who brought us "The Castle" and "The Dish". Or even to have handed it over to an experienced French director capable of giving the story and the characters a modicum of depth and shading.

To be part of a laughing cinema audience is a joy. Watching the new movie from Dean Murphy, 'Strange Bedfellows' with a mixed group of all ages, all constantly cackling was a fantastic night out. Wonderful acting by many easily recognised Australian faces, with a generous dose of local extras, makes this a perfect movie. This film shows one of our beautiful, small country towns, as Australian living at its best. The central theme of grappling with gayness is handled superbly.

I saw an advance copy of this movie and it is awful. Standard derogatory jokes on Gays are not funny anymore. Paul Hogan had one successful film in Dundee but since then it has been downhill all the way "baby". Hogan made the comment recently that he is now semi-retired, methinks it is his way of saying all his movies have bombed badly,his acting is pathetic,and it is time to find a new career. One wonders how long his wife Linda will stay with him as he fails time and again. Experienced Australian actor Michael Caton provides any real glimpse of acting,but he is the only saving grace. My advice get a copy of the first Crocodile Dundee to see what could have eventuated, this is a career that has gone down the sewer.