From as young as 5, Placid Lake (Ben Lee) has been different, and encouraged to be so by his hippy parents Sylvia (Miranda Richardson) and Doug Lake (Garry McDonald). Taunted and bullied mercilessly by his peers, he did form a strong bond with Gemma Taylor (Rose Byrne), a girl whose mother had died, and whose father sees her as a future Marie Curie - and whose brilliant mind also sets her outside the norm. As they grow up, they share a need to find ‘the norm’ so they’d fit in - but they avoid turning their friendship into a sexual relationship. Things get desperate when Placid decides to secretly take a normal job at a large insurance company, cuts his hair and takes to wearing a suit in an attempt to satisfy both his parents and his need for fitting in.

Country: Aus    Genre: Comedy    Released: 2003   
Rating: M    Format: