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Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut, The Deb, has genuine warmth – but doesn’t quite work as a musical
The Deb is finally here. The film has been plagued by unresolved legal troubles and repeated delays. But here it is – and for the most part, it’s an enjoyable Australian comedy with characteristically crude humour, but aimed squarely at a young, female audience.
It’s a shame it’s not as good a musical as it is a comedy.
The Deb began life as a stage musical, as the first recipient of Rebel Wilson’s scholarship program for young, female-identifying comedy writers. Written by Australian comedy writer Hannah Reilly and musician Meg Washington, the musical was produced by the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) and enjoyed a successful season in 2022. Almost immediately, Wilson flagged her intent to adapt the stage show for film.
Rebel Wilson’s rocky directing debut finally on show
Written by Hannah Reilly. Additional writing by Rebel Wilson. Based on The Deb by Reilly and Meg Washington.
Starring Natalie Abbott, Charlotte MacInnes, Rebel Wilson, Shane Jacobson, Tara Morice.
The pre-release marketing awareness campaign for the new Australian film, The Deb, is rather heroic.
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Rebel Wilson's Aussie musical The Deb is fair-dinkum fun
A good dose of country life never did an Aussie any harm, not least in the movies made in this country that regularly send city types to live in the bush where they do some penance. Spending time in the outback brings them down a peg or two, helps to show them what really matters. We saw this at work in last year's popular Kangaroo, a sweet story about a TV weatherman whose car inconveniently needed repairs while he was stuck in the back of beyond.
This is how it goes in this screen version of the hit youth stage musical of 2022, The Deb, written by Hannah Reilly in collaboration with Megan Washington. It is a spirited directorial debut for Rebel Wilson, the high-profile actor, a veteran of the international and local film industries. She has a smaller but significant part here as Janette, the town beautician whose salon operating out of her garage goes by the name Curl Up N Dye. It promises to deliver clients the "real you, plus eyelashes, plus contouring, plus plus".
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