★★★
OUT 8 AUGUST / RATED M / 97 MINS
DIRECTOR Rachel Ward
CAST Bryan Brown, Greta Scacch, Richard E. Grant, Sam Neill, Jacqueline McKenzie
A group of late-middle-age friends decamp to a luxurious holiday home in the titular Northern Sydney enclave for a weekend away. The occasion is the birthday of retired streetwear impresario, Frank (Bryan Brown), which should be a happy event but, as is the way of such things, old secrets and current anxieties surface once the booze begins to flow. The top-notch cast, including Greta Scacchi, Sam Neill, Richard E. Grant, Jacqueline McKenzie, Claire van der Boom and Matilda Brown, are as watchable as ever, and the setting is gorgeous but, despite the occasional stab at depth or resonance, you can’t shake the feeling that these…