# Castle, The (1997/I)

### reviewed by
Jon Popick

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`You can't buy what I've got,' proclaims glowingly proud Aussie Darryl Kerrigan.

And why shouldn't he be happy? Darryl (Michael Caton) has a tiny home with several below-code additions that's located next to both power lines and the airport. His wife (Anne Tenney) is a wonderful cook and home decorator. His oldest son Wayne (Wayne Hope) is currently incarcerated for a botched gas station stick-up. His only daughter (Sophie Lee) has married a kickboxing Greek (Eric Bana). His budding-entrepreneur son Steve (Anthony Simcoe) spends his time inventing odd items and searching the classified sections for bargains. And his youngest boy Dale (Stephen Curry, who is also the film's narrative) makes his contributions to the family by randomly digging holes in the yard.

Darryl's dream life is abruptly halted when he receives a letter stating that the expanding airport is buying his land out from underneath him. An angered Darryl tries to fight City Hall, but fails miserably. If it sounds like a TV show, it almost is. The Castle was written by four seasoned sitcom scribes and directed by Rob Sitch, also an old hand at television sitcoms. They knocked out the script in two weeks and shot the film in eleven days with one camera. But the film is as fresh and funny as any lengthy American production. (1:22 – R for adult language)

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