Sweet, beautiful and gut-wrenching. Adam Elliot knows how to explore the mad side of life.

i thought for a moment the constant narration would be too much, but i got over it. How else can you tell the story in a claymanimation?

In the end, this story draws you in so well. The claymation is so invigorating and kitsch. The Glen Waverly curtains, the boots hanging over the power lines, Vera testing the sherry, Dad stuffing his birds in the shed .. Damian with his trips to Mikenos and his NZ pen-pal.

And the heart-stirring madness of Max the New Yorker who has anxiety attacks whenever Mary asks him a difficult question.

Really touching.

So fitting that Barry Humphries is the narrator. The madness of Melbourne.

i went along to the fundraiser for Pacific Black Box. Heck why not spend 6 extra dollars to support Georgie and her NGO on their mission to teach young adults on the Carteret Islands. They must be doing something right if the students are winning international awards, right?

i give it 4 and a half stars. Must see.