Polly’s dreams of making it as an actor are shattered when her identical twin sister Amy lands the lead role in a huge TV show. Mistaken for her famous sister at every turn, Polly decides to use Amy’s celebrity for her own advantage – free clothes, free booze, casual sex… with hilarious and disastrous consequences for them both.
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"I don't really watch Australian films."
Occasionally so insightful into Aussie film culture that I had to cover my eyes, and led by a great performance by Alice Foulcher. When the film just exploring the life of her down and out wannabe actress, it's damning and hilarious. But after the first act, it starts repeating itself, not really picking up on an actual story until the last 20 minutes. Before that momentum really picks up, however, the film ends in a strangely disingenuous and weirdly regressive way.
Shout out to the Astor Theatre for being in a bunch of shots!
Super charming and self-aware (just like The Astor itself). Alice Foulcher's performance was delightful 😍
“I’m an actor, obviously...”
— Polly, That's Not Me (2017)
Can you somehow capture the now with the feeling of old. We have been working with nostalgia this entire decade but I think That's Not Me finds the perfect balance where we are watching the modern while somehow being in the early 90s and 80s effortlessly. This film captures that while also telling a very real, modern story of what it means to be successful while not living to your personal potential.
Polly Cuthbert (Alice Foulcher) is a struggling actress, while that reality is not at all unique, neither is she personally. Polly is an identical twin and her identical twin is also an actress who…
My favourite part was when she sent people to the wrong cinema in the Astor Theatre. My second favourite part was when she caught a Frankston train from platform 1 at Richmond station.
Charming, self-assured with familiar faces and local references - what's not to love?
Started out really funny and wonderfully awkward, but by the 3rd act I’d kinda lost interest. I love Aussie movies that are quintessentially Aussie, and this is definitely very much like that, but the humour just didn’t really hold up the whole way through.
Isabel Lucas is absolutely charmless, especially when she’s acting alongside the leading lady of this movie, Alice Foulcher, who is really likeable and charismatic, sorry Isabel but yeah no!
A bittersweet dramedy from Down Under with a brilliant performance from leading lady Alice Foulcher. Made me laugh and even care for her equally! One of my new favorites of the year!
That's Not Me didn't quite do what it said on the tin, but I did enjoy the journey.
This is the kind of movie that you’ll watch if there’s nothing else on. Definitely had some good elements but overall it was a little dull and kind of meh… was never super bored but was also never extremely invested.
