Is This the Real World

Is This the Real World is a 2015 Australian film written and directed by Martin McKenna.

Is This the Real World
Directed by	Martin McKenna
Written by	Martin McKenna
Produced by	Deborah Barlow Martin McKenna Alison Telford Ben Michael John Hipwell
Starring	Sean Keenan
Cinematography	Ellery Ryan[1]
Release dates	March 2015 (2015-03) (Sun Valley Film Festival)[2] 2 June 2016 (2016-06-02)[3]
Running time	90 mins
Country	Australia
Language	English

It was McKenna' first feature film and was heavily autobiographical. Filming took four weeks.^[4]

Cast

• Sean Keenan as Mark
• Greg Stone as Mr. Rickard
• Susie Porter as Anna
• Charlotte Best as Kim
• Julia Blake as Gamma
• Jack Finsterer as Edgo

Reception

The Blurb called it "a slow burn of a film that takes a while to get a handle on and get into. I dare say many won’t have the patience or the inclination to stick with it. I should say though that I wasn’t one of them."^[5]

Screen Hub wrote "although McKenna employs expressive aesthetic choices to partially temper the familiarity of his narrative — and to demonstrate his stylistic flair, perhaps most notably in Is This The Real World‘s book-ending shots — it’s the film’s layered performances that help it to carve out its own niche."^[6]