Crackers

Crackers

90 mins | Comedy, Family | July 9, 1998

Larceny, adultery, sabotage and treachery. Yes, just your typical Christmas with the Dredge family! Twelve-year-old Joey Dredge is in trouble again. Expelled for jumping off the school roof, he's haunted by his father's death and hates his mother's new boyfriend and his bullying son. Compounding his misery is the knowledge he has to spend Christmas with them at the family beach house. Things look grim until the unexpected arrival of great-grandfather Albert, fresh from a stint in prison. Forced to share the back shed with this swearing, farting and devious octogenarian, Joey's life changes. Between barbecuing the family dog, performing a self-burial and causing his intended step-father to consume a startling amount of hash, Joey learns a few life lessons from Albert, who despite his many vices may give Joey the strength to accept the past and embrace the future.

Crackers

90 mins | Comedy, Family | July 9, 1998

Crackers
Larceny, adultery, sabotage and treachery. Yes, just your typical Christmas with the Dredge family! Twelve-year-old Joey Dredge is in trouble again. Expelled for jumping off the school roof, he's haunted by his father's death and hates his mother's new boyfriend and his bullying son. Compounding his misery is the knowledge he has to spend Christmas with them at the family beach house. Things look grim until the unexpected arrival of great-grandfather Albert, fresh from a stint in prison. Forced to share the back shed with this swearing, farting and devious octogenarian, Joey's life changes. Between barbecuing the family dog, performing a self-burial and causing his intended step-father to consume a startling amount of hash, Joey learns a few life lessons from Albert, who despite his many vices may give Joey the strength to accept the past and embrace the future.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Australian Film Commission, Australian Film Finance Corporation, Beyond Films, Australian Film Corporation, Trout Films, Film Victoria
Original title Crackers
Directors Karinda Parkinson, Michael Agnew, Andrew Power, David Swann, Chris Odgers
Writers Chris Warner, John Thomson, Max Dann, David Swann

Cast

Daniel Kellie

as Joey Dredge

Peter Rowsthorn

as Bruno

Susan Lyons

as Hilary Dredge

Terry Gill

as Jack Hall

Maggie King

as Violet 'Vi' Hall

Valerie Bader

as Aunt Dottie

Warren Mitchell

as Albert Hall

Louise Siversen

as Teacher

Ross Williams

as Vice Principal

Rainey Carah

as Driver

Tom Coltraine

as Driver's Companion

Kirsty Child

as Charge Nurse