KANGAROO

★★★★

PG. 107 minutes

In Kangaroo , an egotistical city slicker is stranded in a tiny Outback outpost where he’s forced to get in touch with his better self. It’s a good-natured movie, dispensing an undiluted shot of optimism, but there’s plenty of matter-of-fact bush humour in the mix, too. In this town, they don’t suffer fools gladly.

Chris Masterman (Ryan Corr) learns this lesson the hard way after he loses his job as a TV breakfast show presenter in Sydney. Heading west to take up another offer, he accidentally runs over a kangaroo and finds a joey in its pouch. Planning to leave it with the local vet, he discovers that there isn’t one. Nor can he go anywhere else while his damaged sports car is being repaired.

The only person he can interest in his predicament is Charli

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