''Spin Out'' is a 2016 Australian

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

film directed by

Tim Ferguson Timothy Dorcen Langbene Ferguson (born 16 November 1963) is an Australian comedian, film director, screenwriter, author and screenwriting teacher. Early life and education Timothy Dorcen Langbene Ferguson grew up in Singapore, and later on ...

and

Marc Gracie Marc Gracie is an Australian writer, producer and director of films and television, best known for his work in the comedy field. In 2009 he won the 2009 Melbourne Underground Film Festival Best Director award for The Tumbler. He directed the ori ...

and starring

Xavier Samuel Xavier Samuel (born 10 December 1983) is an Australian film and theatre actor. He has appeared in leading roles in the feature films '' Adore'', ''September'', ''Further We Search'', ''Newcastle'', '' The Loved Ones'', ''Frankenstein'', '' A Fe ...

and Morgan Griffin.

Plot synopsis

Billy (

) and Lucy ( Morgan Griffin) grew up together in a small town in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

, where they form one of the town's most formidable

ute Ute or UTE may refer to: * Ute people, a Native American people of the Great Basin * Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Utah * Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah * Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern ...

driving teams. Lucy declares she is moving to the city after Billy makes a risky car stunt, sending him into a spin. Amid the mayhem of the town's annual

Bachelor and Spinster Ball Bachelor and Spinsters Ball or Bloke's & Sheila's Ball events, known locally as ''B & S Balls'' or simply ''B&Ss'', are hosted regularly in rural Australia. They are staged for young (18 years and over) spinsters and bachelors and traditionally ...

, Billy only has one night to reveal his true feelings to his best friend or lose her forever.

Cast

as Billy * Morgan Griffin as Lucy *

Lincoln Lewis Lincoln Clay Lewis (born 24 October 1987) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series ''Home and Away'' (2007–2010) and in the 2010 film '' Tomorrow, When the War Began''. Early life Lewis was born in Brisba ...

as Nic *

Melissa Bergland Melissa Bergland is an Australian actress best known for her role as Jenny Gross in the Seven Network drama ''Winners & Losers''. Early life Bergland was born in Adelaide and she attended Pembroke School. Her father died of cancer when she wa ...

as Mary *

Christie Whelan Browne Christine Whelan Browne (born 6 August 1982) is an Australian performer who has worked extensively in musical theatre as an actress, dancer and singer. She has also appeared on television shows and in films. In March 2012, she married fellow p ...

as Sacha *Lisa Kowalski as Shazza *

Eddie Baroo Eddie Baroo (born 25 September 1968) is an Australian actor, screenwriter, singer and guitarist. He is the lead singer and frontman of the band Stodgewood. His notable films are '' Red Hill'' (2010), ''Crawlspace A crawl space or crawlspace ...

as Hammerhead Carney *Travis Jeffery as Sparrow McGee *PiaGrace Moon as Taylah *Mark Nicholson as Tubby *

Tessa James Tessa James (born 17 April 1991) is an Australian actress. She made her acting debut as Anne Baxter in soap opera ''Neighbours'' in 2006. James played the role of Nicole Franklin in ''Home and Away'' from 2008 until 2011. She has also appeared ...

as Kimba *Brendan Bacon as JJ *Thomas Blackburne as Rooter *Dorje Swallow as Podge *

Aileen Huynh Aileen is an Irish feminine given name, a variant of Eileen. Notable people with this name include: People * Aileen Adams (born 1923), British consultant anaesthetist * Aileen Allen (1888–1950), American diver * Aileen Armitage (born 1930 ...

as Merline

Reception

Reviews for the film had mostly been negative. The film holds a 13% rotten rating on review aggregator

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, with an average score of 3.7/10. Leigh Paatsch of the ''

Herald Sun The ''Herald Sun'' is a Conservatism, conservative daily tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia, published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of the American Rupert Murdoch, Murd ...

'' gave the film a rating of 1 and said "How did this ever get made? And when will it ever end?" Jake Wilson of ''

The Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuous ...

'' gave it 2 stars and described it as "the glamorised version of rural Australia we're used to seeing on commercial TV." He stated that Samuel's character was the opposite to how he's made out in the film, as a "good-looking captain" instead of a rugged outdoor type he is described as.

References

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