''All Men Are Liars'' is a 1995 Australian

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

written and directed by

Gerard Lee Gerard Lee is an Australian novelist, screenwriter, and director. Early life Gerard Lee was born in Melbourne and brought up in Brisbane in the 1960s in the inner southern suburb of Dutton Park. Lee began writing for ''The Telegraph'' newspa ...

and starring

Toni Pearen Toni Michelle Pearen (born 5 June 1972) is an Australian entertainer, actress, singer, songwriter and television presenter. She initially became recognisable through her role on soap opera '' E Street'' from 1989 until 1992. She had a limited p ...

and David Price.

Plot

Barry decides to pawn the family piano that belongs to his wife Irene. This results in Irene leaving him and their sons Mick and Tom. Mick desperately wants his mother to return home and so he decides to save up some money to buy the piano back. The town's annual harvest festival is about to commence and an

all-female band An all-female band is a musical ensemble, musical group in popular music that is exclusively composed of female musicians. This is distinct from a girl group, in which the female members are solely vocalists, though this terminology is not universa ...

fronted by the beautiful Angela arrives to participate. Mick develops a wacky scheme in which he dresses up in his mother's clothes and becomes 'Michelle', in hopes of joining the girl band to make the money he needs. The scheme works, however Mick becomes increasingly attracted to Angela who has just broken up with her boyfriend after he cheated on her with the band's ex-guitarist. Mick/Michelle eventually earns enough money to buy the piano back, however Angela has since become close to 'Michelle' and has now developed unexpected feelings for her/him. Angela then begins questioning her sexuality and unfortunately for Mick, she has vowed to kill any man who lies to her again.

Cast

as Angela *David Price as Mick/Michelle *

John Jarratt John Jarratt (born 5 August 1952) is an Australian television film actor, producer and director and TV presenter who rose to fame through his work in the Australian New Wave. He has appeared in a number of film roles including '' Picnic at Han ...

as Barry *Jamie Peterson as Tom *Carmen Tanti as Irene *Ken Billett as Alf

Production

Gerard Lee first came up with the idea for the film in the early 1980s and wrote several drafts.

Reception

''All Men Are Liars'' was nominated for the 1995

Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film The AACTA Award for Best Film is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) at the annual AACTA Awards, which hand out accolades for achievements in feature film, television, documentaries, and short film ...

. The film proved to be successful at the Australian box office grossing approximately $836,606 domestically. In many of the reviews for the film, critics noted the similarities between this film and the 1959 comedy film ''

Some Like It Hot ''Some Like It Hot'' is a 1959 American crime comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder. It stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, with George Raft, Pat O'Brien (actor), Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Joan Shawlee an ...

'' starring

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, which also had a storyline about two cross-dressing men who join an all-female band and fall in love with the beautiful lead singer.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0112322
All Men Are Liars
at Oz Movies 1995 films Australian comedy films Cross-dressing in film 1990s English-language films Australian LGBTQ-related films