Who doesn't love Noni Hazelhurst? Apart from her ex-John Jarratt of course. She's Australia's favourite mum and the star who literally drives the narrative in "June Again" at the wheel of her dead husbands very cool Gold Valiant Convertible. This is Kiwi JJ Winlove's major motion picture directorial debut plus he wrote the screenplay...so I can't wait to see what else he'll bring to the big screen in the future. This movie is all about living and loving again. Noni's June is in a Nursing Home after a series of strokes left her with dementia. One fine day she wakes up and is lucid...a state of mind that may only last for a few hours so she takes full advantage and does a runner from the Happy Friday activities at the home to seek out her old life and try to pick up the pieces, but not in an "Average White Band" kind of way. Only problem is it's five years since she was admitted and a lot has changed in both hers and her offsprings lives. Her daughter, Ginny, is played by another top flight Aussie actress, Claudia Karvan. While her son, Devon (which sounds more like cut of deli meat) is "The Castle" star Stephen Curry. His comic timing is more precise than a Japanese movement watch in every line he delivers effortlessly. Some other familiar faces flesh out the supporting cast including, the wonderful Darren Gilshenan, last seen on TV's "Harrow", but first came to my attention in the TV comedy "Chandon Pictures" with the award winning Rob Carlton. So many new movies are dealing beautifully with this insidious disease. The most famous being "The Father". "June Again" treats dementia with respect, dignity and humour. Noni breathes a very real performance into this 99 minute movie that will become an Australian Classic...she truly is superb. It's a road trip that detours through the threads of the many lives it touches and dementia does touch a lot of lives and delivers a few shocker surprises. This film will make you laugh, cry and sigh, so it's a winner covering the entertainment fundamentals.

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