The Plumber
1979
Down Under
Peter Weir
Mind-game Drama
What’s it all about: No one takes mousy anthropologist Judy Morris seriously, so she draws upon her field experience of throwing goat milk on a narcissistic tent-intruder to deal with a tedious, home-wrecking plumber.
First Encounter: first viewing; a Criterion Channel staff pick
Prostitute Index: nil
Death By: whistling
Relics: rented leotards and afternoon juices
Hoops: when you’ve told your secretary to hold all calls and she says, “it’s your wife”
Heartthrob: Robert Coleby
Pass/Fails the Test of Time: Judy Morris
LoFi Magic: nettle hair tonic
Makes me want to: fire the staff at Criterion Channel
Candotti Take: “She looks like a Carly Simon with short hair and smaller teeth.” / “It’s a movie that really threw away money doing nothing.”
Worth a watch/rewatch: No
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