Cast: Camille Keenan, Dustin Clare
Director: Michelle Joy Lloyd
Running time: 72 mins
Rating: M (sex scenes)
Verdict: Good-looking but exasperatingly inert
The cool good looks and technical confidence of this self-funded feature belie its limited budget. But they can't compensate for a seriously underdeveloped script, which feels like a single scene stretched out to awkward feature length (the fact that the director and the two main actors all get writing credits may be a clue).
It's set and shot in post-quake Christchurch, which serves as a none-too-subtle symbol of the main characters' challenge (can something be built from the rubble?). Clare (McLeod's Daughters; Spartacus) plays Charlie, who is met at the airport by a pregnant Eve (Keenan from Packed to the Rafters).
As they mooch around city and coast, tiptoeing around questions about the past and future of their relationship, it becomes increasingly difficult not to be exasperated: the dialogue is frustratingly inconsequential and Charlie's emotional age appears to be about 7.
