All Men Are Liars is a 1995 Australian comedy film written and directed by Gerard Lee

Gerard Lee

-Books:* Manual for a Garden Mechanic * Pieces for a Glass Piano , ISBN 0702211753 * True Love and How to Get It , ISBN 0702217786 * Troppo Man , a comedy novel set in Brazil...

, starring Toni Pearen

Toni Pearen

Toni Pearen is an Australian actress, singer, songwriter and TV presenter born in Cronulla, Sydney on 5 June 1972. She initially became recognisable through her role on soap opera E Street from 1989 until 1992. She had a pop music career in the early 1990s which included the release of an album and...

 and David Price.

Plot

Barry decides to sell the family piano that belongs to his wife Irene. This results in Irene leaving him and their son Mick. Mick desperately wants his mother to return home and so he decides to save up some money to buy the piano back. The town's annual harvest festival is about to commence and an all-girl band fronted by the beautiful Angela arrives to participate. Mick develops a wacky scheme in which he dresses up in his mother's clothes and becomes 'Michelle', in hopes of joining the girl band to make the money he needs. The scheme works, however Mick becomes increasingly attracted to Angela who has just broken up with her boyfriend after he cheated on her with the band's ex-guitarist. Mick/Michelle eventually earns enough money to buy the piano back, however Angela has since become close to 'Michelle' and has now developed unexpected feelings for her/him. Angela then begins questioning her sexuality and unfortunately for Mick, she has vowed to kill any man who lies to her again.

Cast

• Toni Pearen
  Toni Pearen
  Toni Pearen is an Australian actress, singer, songwriter and TV presenter born in Cronulla, Sydney on 5 June 1972. She initially became recognisable through her role on soap opera E Street from 1989 until 1992. She had a pop music career in the early 1990s which included the release of an album and...
  
   as Angela
• David Price as Mick/Michelle
• John Jarratt
  John Jarratt
  -Early life:Jarratt was born and grew up in Wongawilli, a small rural town near Wollongong, New South Wales and later in the Snowy Mountains area. Jarratt's father was a coal miner and later concreter, who worked on the Snowy Mountains hydroelectric scheme. Both his parents were of Irish origin....
  
   as Barry
• Jamie Peterson as Tom
• Carmen Tanti as Irene
• Ken Billett as Alf

Trivia

All Men Are Liars was nominated for the 1995 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film

Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film

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The film proved to be successful at the Australian box office grossing approximately $836,606 domestically.

In many of the reviews for the film, critics noted the similarities between this film and the 1959 comedy film Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot is an American comedy film, made in 1958 and released in 1959, which was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and George Raft. The supporting cast includes Joe E. Brown, Pat O'Brien and Nehemiah Persoff. The film is a remake by Wilder and I....

starring Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, model and showgirl who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s....

, which also had a storyline about two cross-dressing men who join an all-girl band and fall in love with the beautiful lead singer.