Bad Eggs - Critical Reception

Critical Reception

The film received mixed reviews. Amy Gough, writing in the Echo News, praised the film, stating Bad Eggs is a romp with enough plot and intrigue to keep you guessing if not laughing heartily. It has more pace and edge than Molloy's last film Crackerjack...as well as a great soundtrack. Scott Hamilton, for Pop-Planet, also liked the film, writing It is very entertaining to watch Mick Molloy, Bob Franklin and Judith Lucy, who obviously have a well-rehearsed rapport with each other, work off each other. Clint Morris, writing on filmthreat.com in 2003, wrote that Martin...shows potential in his first stint as director. The script's reasonably tight, the characters well-defined and everything kept an enjoyable-enough pace....There's a slight lag in some of the gags-they're giggle-worthy but not ecstatically funny. But the ones that do work-work quite well, and mainly because of the highly under-rated Molloy-he's the glue holding most of the film together. Sandra Hall, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, wrote that Martin started with a list of set-pieces and tailored the script to suit. Martin works as if he's still hooked on the urge to produce loud laughter at regular intervals...He bustles and the more he bustles-the slower things get. Hall also felt that the comic style of the cast and the pace of the film's action were mismatched. David Stratton, writing in Variety, gave a lukewarm response to the film, saying Bad Eggs is a crime-comedy with more crime than comedy. At its best, it's pretty funny......however there's no escaping the fact that the plot...isn't exactly original and the inclusion of scenes familiar from other movies...only adds to a feeling of deja-vu. Stratton praised the performances of most of the cast but he felt that Hunter's role as Pratt was routine and Lucy's performance as Julie Bale showed that her brand of deadpan humour does not translate well to the big-screen. Andrew L Urban, for Yahoo, wrote Encouraged by Crackerjack, perhaps I expected too much from Bad Eggs....There are a handful of good laughs..but the tone shifts, and shifts again., as if the storyline had taken control of the writing process, elbowing out the sense of humour.