A Few Best Men
Australian release poster
Directed byStephan Elliott
Written byDean Craig
Produced by
  • Antonia Barnard
  • Gary Hamilton
  • Laurence Malkin
  • Share Stallings
Starring
CinematographyStephen F. Windon
Edited bySue Blainey
Music byGuy Gross
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 14 October 2011 (2011-10-14) (MVFF)
  • 26 January 2012 (2012-01-26) (Australia)
  • 31 August 2012 (2012-08-31) (United Kingdom)
Running time
96 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Australia
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$14 million
Box office$15.5 million[2]

A Few Best Men is a 2011 comedy film written by Dean Craig and directed by Stephan Elliott. The film stars Xavier Samuel as a young groom heading to the Australian Blue Mountains with his three best men for his wedding. A sequel, A Few Less Men, was released in 2017.

Plot

When David Locking proposes to his girlfriend Mia Ramme a week after they meet in Tuvalu, he rounds up his three best friends to attend his wedding in Australia as best men; however, all hell breaks loose when the three of them accidentally steal drugs, are chased by a mobster, and get the father-in-law's sheep stoned.

Cast

Music

Universal Music Australia released A Few Best Man: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Remixes on 20 January 2012. The film soundtrack is sung primarily by Olivia Newton-John.

Release

A Few Best Men premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival in San Rafael, California on 14 October 2011.[3] The film was released in Australia on 26 January 2012, and in the United Kingdom on 31 August 2012.

Critical reception

A Few Best Men was met with negative reviews, earning an approval rating of 18% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 39 reviews, with an average score of 3.6/10.[4]

Fiona Williams of SBS noted that the film was as "funny as a funeral", awarding one star out of five, commenting that "Like a bad wedding reception, A Few Best Men is overlong by at least an hour, and the flimsy plot groans under its own weight."[5]

Despite poor reviews, A Few Best Men was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score.

References

  1. "A FEW BEST MEN (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  2. "A Few Best Men (2012)". boxofficemojo.com.
  3. Mill Valley Film Festival (24 September 2011). "The Mill Valley Film Festival (October 6-16-, 2011) - Special Premiere". California Film Institute. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  4. "A Few Best Men (2011)". Retrieved 15 June 2021 via rottentomatoes.com.
  5. Williams, Fiona. "A Few best Men (review)". SBS. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
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