A Few Best Men
Australian release poster
Directed byStephan Elliott
Written byDean Craig
Produced by
  • Antonia Barnard
  • Gary Hamilton
  • Laurence Malkin
  • Share Stallings
Starring
CinematographyStephen F. Windon
Edited bySue Blainey
Music byGuy Gross
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 14 October 2011 (2011-10-14) (MVFF)
  • 26 January 2012 (2012-01-26) (Australia)
  • 31 August 2012 (2012-08-31) (United Kingdom)
Running time
96 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Australia
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$14 million
Box office$15.5 million[2]

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

Music

Main article: A Few Best Men (soundtrack)

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

  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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