Film: Oz comedy is a rough diamond
Reviewed: The Sapphires, directed by Wayne Blair. Rating: 3/5. Alps, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Rating: 3/5.
Reviewed: The Sapphires
**Directed by Wayne Blair**
**Nationwide, cert PG**
**Rating:** 3/5
"Ninety per cent of all recorded music is shite," sputters drunken Irish band manager Dave (Chris O'Dowd) in Australian director Wayne Blair's boisterous musical comedy **The Sapphires**. "The other 10 per cent is soul." Can't argue with the man's taste in tunes, even if it's the only impeccable thing about him.
The rousing sentimental properties ...