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As to the humour, the script by Dean Murphy and Stewart Faichney is alarmingly slow, paunchy, dated, and sexist.
Ruth Hessey, MovieTime, ABC Radio National
Charlie & Boots
They're on the road to somewhere
2009 · 1h 41m · N/A
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Dean Murphy
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Charlie & Boots
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After a family tragedy, Charlie and his estranged son, Boots, try to put their differences aside and head off on the road trip of a lifetime - from regional Victoria to the Cape York Peninsula - they overcome many challenges to reach their dream - to fish off the northernmost tip of Australia.
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