noni hazlehurst and colin friels and alice garner and chrissie amphlett and michael caton what more could you ask for . monkey grip base on the prize win novel of the same name explore nora ( hazlehurst and a single mother fall for a heroin addict jobe ( friels ) . a simple story be make truly extraordinary through the all round magnificent act ( in particular noni hazlehurst ) and nice use of the small budget . the only flaw be ( if you can pick it up ) be that the story be set in melbourne and although for budget reason and the film be mainly shoot in sydney and so a a result and in a few scene you see tram ( melbourne scene ) and then a carlton post office ( sydney scene ) . other than that and monkey grip be a must see ( excuse the clique and but it be ) at least for an award win performance from former play school and good home and garden presenter noni hazlehurst . positive .