Directed by:
P.J. HoganScreenplay:
P.J. HoganCinematography:
Donald McAlpineComposer:
Michael YezerskiCast:
Liev Schreiber, Toni Collette, Anthony LaPaglia, Lily Sullivan, Chelsea Bennett, Caroline Goodall, Kerry Fox, Deborah Mailman, Rebecca Gibney (more)VOD (2)
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The Moochmore girls are certain they all suffer from some kind of undiagnosed mental illness - because if they are not crazy then they are just unpopular. Their mother Shirley (Rebecca Gibney) - unable to cope with her demanding daughters and unsupported by her philandering politician husband, Barry (Anthony LaPaglia) - suffers a nervous breakdown. After Barry commits his wife to a mental hospital (telling his constituents that she is on holiday) he finds himself alone with 5 teenage girls he barely knows. Desperate, he impulsively picks up a hitchhiker named Shaz (Toni Collette) and installs her in his home as nanny to his daughters. (Universal Pictures AU)
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