anthony mcgarten have adapt his play and via satellite and and direct the best comedic film to come out of new zealand for a long time . chrissy dunn ( danielle cormack ) be a drop out . she hasn not achieve much in her latter year and have grow resentful of her family since her father deathbed confession . her twin sister and carol ( also portray by danielle cormack ) be bask in the medium limelight a she represent new zealand in swim at the olympics . a middle age and desireless and desperate director ( brian sergent ) and his good natured cameraman who be also chrissy one night stand from the night previous paul ( karl urban ) film the dunn family proudest moment while watch carol swim to victory . this wouldn not be so bad but chrissy family be the epitome of embarrass . first of all there be the matriach of the wellingtonian dunns and joyce ( donna akerston ) . she make fairy cake and cocktail sausage for the all important film crew and refuse to change the way she be . her old daughter and jen ( rima te wiata ) be desperate to be something more than common . she have a nice home ( with bedroom wall paint blackberry sorbet ) and expensive taste and a nasty parasitic attitude to match . she be also near 40 and desparate for a child . her husband and ken ( tim balme ) be an electrician and force himself on job that do not need do . as well a do job that need to be do and ie jen . the middle daughter and lyn ( jodie dorday who win best support actress at new zealand film award for this portrayal ) be a knock up tart who have a dubious history with ken . both old sister clash and the mother be in a state and ken be a bad a tooltime tim taylor and carol be fuel her olympic desire and chrissy be aware all of this be to be splash on national tv why shouldn not she be embarrass . it be great to see some famous new zealand face perform in the suburban comedy that have witty line to spare . i love the sparring between jen and lyn . one be like an adult mona my biological clock be tick away and the other a narcisstic tramp who have what her sister desire a bun in the oven . climax of the film be quite sentimental and be nicely do . the performance be a treat and the film work perfectly . a great way to spend an hour and a half .