Footrot Flats is based from the famous New Zealand cartoon strip that also featured in Australian newspapers and the story here is that Wal voiced by John Clarke is desperate to both impress his girl and the inspector for the NZ All Blacks rugby team, but those plans are derailed when a new Dog is delivered to him by his Aunt.
And speaking of that Dog, it is the star of this wonderful film, with it's internal monologues very funny including one where he impersonates Don Adams from Get Smart, the film also contains some dark elements too but if I have one complaint it is the lack of use of the great song "Slice of Heaven" by Dave Dobbyn, it only appears at the very end of the film when I wished that it would have appeared in the actual film itself as it would've been a shame to waste such a great song on a part of the movie where people wouldn't hear it in a cinema, they would've got up and left for home.
Oh well, you can't win em all and it's only a minor complaint of what is a very enjoyable film, 4 out of 5.
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