Boy meets girl. Boy is already in a relationship. Boy's girlfriend is having an affair with the mechanic. Girl has a room full of cereal and a complex about "mat". How can there be a happily ever after?
Acting
Kate Elliott's cereal-fueled vulnerability is weirdly iconic.
Direction
Sinclair's deadpan Kiwi humor cuts deeper than it looks.
Director
Harry Sinclair
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is peak early-2000s NZ indie cinema, when Film Commission funding meant directors could get weird with relationship dramas.
Rose McIver was 13 playing Lucy; she'd later star in iZombie and Ghosts, making this her awkward pre-teen origin story.
No ratings yet
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters
US
