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57% Critic Match
Crackers
“Just your average bunch of biscuits!”
5.7 / 10• 1998• 1h 30m•NR• English
ComedyFamily
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
DK
Daniel Kellie
Joey Dredge
Lead
Peter Rowsthorn
Bruno
Susan Lyons
Hilary Dredge
TG
Terry Gill
Jack Hall
MK
Maggie King
Violet 'Vi' Hall
Valerie Bader
Aunt Dottie
Warren Mitchell
Albert Hall
CC
Christopher Chapman
Angus
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. David Swann's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Crackers is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
