The Sum of Us (1994)

Actors: Bob Baines (actor), Michael Burgess (actor), Mick Campbell (actor), Stuart Campbell (actor), Russell Crowe (actor), Graham Drake (actor), Paul Freeman (actor), Des James (actor), Walter Kennard (actor), Joss Moroney (actor), Donny Muntz (actor), John Polson (actor), John Rhall (actor), Jack Thompson (actor), Ross Anderson (actor),

Plot: Set in Sydney, Australia. A (heterosexual) father and his gay son are trying to find Ms/Mr Right respectively. The film shows their relationships with one another and the objects of their affection as tradgedy strikes. There is no overt 'message' in the film, just a very natural, entertaining story-telling.

Keywords: acceptance, australia, bare-chested-male, based-on-play, beer, bereavement, black-and-white-scene, breaking-the-fourth-wall, childhood-memory, cooking
Genres: Comedy, Drama,
Taglines: A surprising comedy of love. [Australia Theatrical] Dad's looking for Mr. Right, his son's looking for Mr. Right. [Australia Theatrical] We're all just . . . The Sum of Us. [Australia Theatrical] Not your typical father and son story. There's a man in Jeff's life who'll fight for him and stand by him forever. How's a guy supposed to find Mr. Right when his dad won't stop trying to help?

Quotes:

Harry Mitchell: I'm tired of living in sin with my own right hand.

Harry: Why don't you get the young fella another whiskey, Jeff?::Greg: No, no really, I'm a two pot screamer.::Jeff Mitchell: I'm a bit like that myself, two and I'm anybody's.::Greg: Three and I'm everybody's.::Harry: Four and I'm nobody's.

Jeff Mitchell: Life would be pretty shitty without plumbing.

Football Coach: Stick you're frigging shoulder in his ass!::Footballer: Watch it!::Jeff Mitchell: Only doing what he wants!

Desiree: You've just taken your first step towards finding your perfect partner.

Greg: "Baxter"?::Jeff Mitchell: It's a joke. The footy team, you know. Back's to the...::Greg, Jeff Mitchell: -wall, here comes Jeff.

Harry Mitchell: [about Jeff] He won't be meeting any girls tonight. He's what you'd call... *cheerful*. Can't bear that other word.

Jeff Mitchell: Of course, some people think it isn't very good manners to read at the dinner table.::Harry Mitchell: Some people hasn't lived with you for twenty-odd years.::Jeff Mitchell: Some people should be so bloody lucky.

Harry Mitchell: Your grandmother said that to me once. 'The greatest explorers', she said, 'are the explorers of the human heart'.::Jeff Mitchell: Is that why she became a dyke?::Harry Mitchell: Your grandmother was not a dyke!::Jeff Mitchell: She was licking Aunt Mary's pussy for forty years, what else do you call it?::Harry Mitchell: She was not a dyke! A lesbian, perhaps... You shouldn't call her names! How would you like it if I went around and called you 'pansy', 'fairy', 'poofter'?::Jeff Mitchell: You do half the time!::Harry Mitchell: Only when I'm annoyed with you!