Thanks to the and South Australian Tourism Commission and Hopscotch Films, I have got 10 double passes to see the new film, “The Boys Are Back“ to give away.

The film stars Clive Owen, Emma Booth, Erik Thomson, Julia Blake and Chris Haywood and was shot almost entirely in South Australia.

Being a promotion for Australian tourism as well as a family-oriented story fits well with Nick Bowditch Travel and I am pleased to help promote such a good Aussie film.

The synopsis of the movie is below:

Based on a memoir, The Boys Are Back is a character driven film about family
relationships. The film is a unique take on a modern family that sees Joe Warr, a
top flight UK sports writer, fumbling his way through fatherhood when he becomes
responsible for two sons following the tragic loss of his wife.

Joe (Clive Owen) moved to Australia when he fell in love with Australian equestrian
Katy (Laura Fraser). Together they enjoy an idyllic family life with their young son,
Artie (Nicolas McAnulty), living in a home in a gully near the coast.

Joe is erudite, opinionated, chauvinistic, funny, self-obsessed, likes a drink and, as
he sometimes remembers, is also a father. His life is suddenly turned upside down
when Katy dies tragically of cancer, leaving him devastated, and with a grieving sixyear-
old Artie, whom he barely knows.

Uncertain of six-year-old Artie’s needs, Joe fears the prospect of his ever-capable
mother-in-law Barbara (Julia Blake) taking over. Joe chooses to go it alone and,
throwing the rulebook out the window, devises a new philosophy: Just Say Yes.

This parenting approach leads to many humorous moments which are complicated
further when Joe’s 14-year-old son from his previous marriage, Harry (George
MacKay), decides to rejoin his dad in Australia. Joe’s ‘no rules’ world swiftly moves
from the charm of The Lost Boys to a semi-feral hog heaven.

Joe’s attempt at paradise is met by numerous obstacles: Harry has abandonment
issues to settle with him, Barbara is appalled by the lack of structure and discipline
in Artie’s life…and then there’s Laura (Emma Booth).

Laura is mum to little Lucy from Artie’s school and although she likes Joe, she
begins to suspect his philosophy might be an irresponsible disguise for laziness.
Joe readily relies on Laura’s help, but has never so much as asked her on a date.
Although Laura hides her disappointment, the frozen chicken defrosting in the family
bathtub is the last straw…

Events finally get out of hand when Joe gambles on leaving his sons for a weekend
work commitment. In his absence, local teenagers invade the house. Joe’s
newfound family is shattered and he is forced to confront his own inadequacies in
his efforts to reunite the boys.

The result: A new social unit – a father and two sons living in a household without
women. Like an experiment in a satellite, free from earthly influences.

THE BOYS ARE BACK charts Joe’s moving and humorous journey from part time
dad to full-on fatherhood; teaching him how to deal with his own grief and, for the
first time, tune in to the needs of his sons Artie and Harry.”

The 10 double passes will be given away on a first-come first-served basis so if you would like one, please email me.

The tickets are valid from now until the end of the film’s theatrical season at all participating cinemas.

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