This Won't Hurt a Bit

This Won't Hurt a Bit is a 1993 Australian comedy film. It was directed by Chris Kennedy.^[2][3]

This Won't Hurt a Bit
Directed by	Chris Kennedy
Written by	Chris Kennedy
Produced by	Patrick Fitzgerald Chris Kennedy
Starring	Greig Pickhaver Jacqueline McKenzie
Cinematography	Marc Spicer
Edited by	Peter Butt
Music by	Mario Grigoriv
Distributed by	Beyond Films
Release date	12 November 1993 (1993-11-12)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Box office	A$6,686 (Australia)[1]

According to Ozmovies,

Those searching for the source of inspiration for writer/director and co-producer Chris Kennedy need look no further than his professional life as a dentist, which saw him do time in England practising his skills. It’s perhaps pushing things to say that he dreamed up the idea of revenge on the English while peering into the mouths of his English patients, but his screenplay is filled with knowing nods in this direction.^[4]

Cast

• Greig Pickhaver as Gordon Fairweather
• Jacqueline McKenzie as Vanessa Prescott
• Maggie King as Mrs. Prescott
• Patrick Blackwell as Mr. Prescott
• Dennis Miller as Riley
• Adam Stone as Farow
• Gordon Chater as Dental Professor
• Alwyn Kurts as Psychiatrist
• Colleen Clifford as Lady Smith

Release

The film opened at the Dendy Cinema in Sydney on 14 October 1993 for a short run, and from 11 November 1993 it had a short run at the Carlton Moviehouse in Melbourne.^[5]

Reception

The film is described as "a bizarre and different comedy in a docu-dramatic style, set in Hong Kong, England and Australia, about an Australian dentist who overservices the British public and then goes on the run from Interpol."^[6]