william m. thackeray once say a good laugh be sunshine in the house . when i watch take away and i must say that the sun do shine in my house . this film be superb and the opening be very cleverly do and the story hold together well and in a nutshell two fishn chip shop owner who normally enemy be force to form an alliance of sort to engage in a david and goliath struggle against a fast food chain which build a restaurant on their street . the end be hilarious even though i have find many who disagree with me on that one . the film be though very discreetly and portray contemporary australian ethnic stereotype and in particular the collision or culture clash if you will between the traditional anglo australian and italo australian stereotype and and how they find a sort of unity though adversity and very nice . i find vince colosimo performance a tony stilano an italo australian fish n chip shop owner in his thirty to be first class and his acting be very genuine and convincing and through his performance he manage to really bring to the surface the essence and or i should say the soul of the italian australian stereotype and which in reality be not too italian but not too australian either and colosimo find that balance and breathe into it lung and give it life . the cinematography could have be good and more shot of the local area would have be nice and from what i can see it be in melbourne and but where in melbourne . to me it look like somewhere between ivanhoe to bullen and though i be not 100 % sure on that one . i do not know why so many people be compare this film to the castle though they have similar theme run through them and take away stand in a league of it own . i think the film be excellent with a capital e it have everything and it funny and the joke be great and it deal with contemporary issue face australian society and the story hold well and i love it . i highly recommend it .