Crackers is a Christmas

Christmas

Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...

-themed Australian film

Cinema of Australia

Cinema of Australia, more commonly referred to as the Australian film industry, refers to the system of production, distribution, and exhibition of films in Australia. Film production commenced in Australia in 1906 with the production of The Story of the Kelly Gang, the earliest feature film made...

 starring Peter Rowsthorn. It was released on 9 July 1998. It was written and directed by David Swann.

Plot

During the Christmas holidays, Hilary Dredge (Susan Lyons

Susan Lyons

Susan Lyons is an Australian actress.Her television appearances include: A Country Practice, Police Rescue, Murder Call, Farscape, Something in the Air and All Saints....

) and her son, Joey (Daniel Kellie), travel up into the suburbs to spend Christmas with Joey's grandparents. To accompany them on the trip, Hilary's boyfriend Bruno (Peter Rowsthorn

Peter Rowsthorn

Peter Rowsthorn is an Australian comedy actor best known for his TV work, particularly as Brett Craig in the hit series Kath & Kim and as Warren Cronkshonk in hospital spoof Let The Blood Run Free...

) and his son Angus (Christopher Chapman) go with them. Joey doesn't like Bruno because of his relationship with his mother. Joey and Angus have a violent rivalry with each other because of this, as Angus doesn't like it when Joey shows disrespect to his father.

Box Office

Crackers grossed $1,263,230 at the box office in Australia. The film was re-released on DVD in November 2010. Copies were sold out right throughout Sydney stores in the lead-up to Christmas. People who were attempting to sell old VHS versions for $50 online are believed to be going 'crackers'.