- Country: Australia
- Genres: Comedy
- Release: 2003-08-28
- Director: Tony McNamara
- Writers: Tony McNamara
- Language: English
- Stars: Jordan Brooking , Ben Lee , Rose Byrne , Miranda Richardson (I) , Lucas Fraccaro , Cruise Moylan , Zan Cross , Garry McDonald , Eleeza Hooker , Yesse Spence
- Runtime: 89 min
- Awards: 4 wins & 12 nominations
- AKA: The Rage in Placid Lake (Sweden) , Στα πρόθυρα νευρικής κρίσης (Greece) , Legyek átlagos! (Hungary) , Placid Lake szenvedélye (Hungary) , The Rage in Placid Lake , Placid Lake (Sweden) , Sta prothyra nevrikis krisis (Greece) , Szaleństwo w Placid Lake (Poland) , The Rage in Placid Lake (United Kingdom) , Placid Lake (Canada) , The Rage in Placid Lake (United States of America) , The Rage in Placid Lake (Australia) , A Grande Virada (Brazil) , Luuserin tähtihetki (Finland) , Неисправимый оптимист (Russian Federation)
- Plot: Precocious, bohemian teenager Placid Lake, finishes high school and decides to do the one thing that will annoy his new age parents the most--go straight! With a few weeks spent reading a library of self-help manuals, Placid has it all sorted out--and he has the haircut and the cheap suit to prove it. Can Placid Lake retire his rage in the pursuit of beige; embrace conformity and leap on the fast track to corporate success. Will his 'brainiac' friend Gemma be able to talk him out of this economic rationalist madness? And will poor Doug and Sylvia survive the ignominy of having a son with a burgeoning future in insurance? Never underestimate the evil of banality.
- IMDB:tt0305999
The Rage in Placid Lake Cast · · · ALL
Tony McNamara
Director
Ben Lee
Placid Lake
Rose Byrne
Gemma Taylor
Miranda Richardson
(I)
Sylvia Lake
Garry McDonald
Doug Lake
Socratis Otto
Bozo
Toby Schmitz
Bull
Nathaniel Dean
Lachie
Christopher Stollery
Joel
Nicholas Hammond
(I)
Bill Taylor
Francis McMahon
Anton
Jordan Brooking
Young Placid
Lucas Fraccaro
Bull - 5 Years
Zan Cross
Lachie - 5 Years
Cruise Moylan
Angus - 5 Years
Eleeza Hooker
Young Gemma
Simone Cullinan
Sharon
Stephen James King
Angus
Yesse Spence
Jenny (as Jesse Spence)
Claire Danes
Girl at Seminar