Loopy Australian truck driver Danny (Rhys Ifans)



hatches a novel way to escape his drab life after a fight with his girlfriend: He ties large helium-filled balloons to his deckchair & floats away into the sky. But a violent thunderstorm sends him hurtling out over the Outback,



where he lands (as in the Wizard of Oz)



in a small town where no one knows him. Meanwhile, the news media is in a frenzy about Danny's fantastic disappearance.


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Rated PG-13 1 hour 40 minutes 2003

5 stars. A hilarious romantic comedy about people rediscovering themselves and coming out of their shells! Very powerful and wonderful love story about 2 people who are real, believable, and wickedly funny!