Actually I am trying to find out where I can buy the USA format of this movie - I have not been able to see it yet but based on the reviews I have read and the video clips I have seen of the movie I would really like to purchase the movie. I am a great fan of Alex O'Lachlan (O'Loughlin) and so far have watched Moonlight, Three Rivers, The Back Up PLan and of course Hawaii 5-0 and plan on watching more of his work. If anyone knows how I can obtain The Oyster Farmer please let me know. I have tried Amazon, Overstock, Best Buy, Netflix, and other websites with no luck. I even tried overseas but they come with the warning that the DVD may not work with USA machines.

Jack (Alex McLoughlin) makes an ingenious plan to steal the money from the Armagaurd, but doesn't quite work out how he is going to explain the extra money.He even mails it to himself. Sweet. Totally like a young bloke in desperate need of cash. You laugh initially at his naivety only to be gutted to see the real reason. The craziness and innocence of Jack is beautifully characterized.Jim Norton as Old man Mumbles is hilarious and unstoppable.The plot seemed a little stretched in places.Pearl (Diana Glenn) seemed to be bought into the script for no apparent reason and then unceremoniously dumped.A marriage ending on a bath seems unnecessary. The initial hook although gripping loosened as the story unfolded.On the plus side, brilliant and quirky characters with some excellent acting (David Field). A really good script kept the story interesting. Beautiful locales on the south coast of Sydney.

Some other reviewers have described Oyster Farmer as a romantic comedy, and I believe that the film is ill served by this description. If you expect a romantic comedy, you are likely to be be disappointed, and your expectations may interfere with taking this excellent film on its own terms.It is hard to say what the genre is. "Humorous, wry drama" and "comedy drama" are good attempts by other reviewers. Basically, it is just a story. A gentle story. It is not a caper film. It is not going to turn into a slapstick chase for the missing money. It is not going to turn into Deliverance. The director is playing with these expectations, and they very much contribute to the overall effect of the film, but for me, they were also a distraction the first time that I saw the film.Oyster Farmer plays around with situations that could suddenly turn very bad, and in some movies they would. But not here.

My partner and I were just sitting around discussing some of the worst films we'd ever seen. The Oyster Farmer came up, being a really pathetic film, and so we looked on the IMDD website to read the user comments, and were shocked to see such a high score. I can only think that the comments were by other Australians who like to talk up their own country's products, like the way people vote on Eurovision Song Contest night. Or perhaps they liked the look of the river (although cinematically, so much more could have been made of that) so I guess they were just fondly remembering some childhood holidays there. So what's wrong with this film, you ask? Firstly, it's plot is incredibly contrived it is almost twisted around the location. Also, the acting is awful; very amateurish, and they've had little help from the Dirctor. Thirdly, the actors had so little to work with in terms of script; there are no characters in this film, only caricatures. Stylistically it is akin to the Australian soap opera Home and Away, only with worse acting and less character development. There is some comedy in the film; it takes the form of some dumb characters being dumb. The sex scene near the end is so out of place and seems completely arbitrary; I think it's there actually to provide a climax of sorts. So, for all those users who voted this empty little film-making exercise up the ranks, try watching it again, but more objectively this time. I'm sure you'll come to see that it's actually very lowbrow indeed.