6 Festivals review – schmaltzy coming-of-age drama goes for the heartstrings

This music-themed Australian film follows three teens as they sneak into concerts – but the tragic elements will leave viewers cringing rather than crying

Macario De Souza’s coming-of-age drama opens idyllically, with its three young principal characters on a dinghy floating down a sunkissed river while partaking in that most ’Strayan of recreations: drinking goon straight from the bag. As if this moment wasn’t sweet enough, in a two-buck-chuck kind of way, James (Rory Potter), Summer (Yasmin Honeychurch) and Maxie (Rasmus King) then sing Powerfinger’s My Happiness in soul-stirring unity, Maxie even standing up for the chorus as a lens flare lights up the frame. James caps off a beautiful moment by delivering the salutation, “Cheers, cunts!”

Right after this … the crocodile attacks! Just kidding; that’s a different movie –although later on, when 6 Festivals starts not so much pulling at the heartstrings as grabbing, twisting and yanking them, I would have quite liked an ancient predator to intrude, if only to make it a little less cornball.

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