Paperback Hero ~ Comedy DVD Movie Review

"Paperback Hero" is a gentle comedy starring Hugh Jackman is not anywhere as well known as it should be, unfortunately. It is a very amusing tale of a tough Australian truck driver who moonlights as a romance writer. Several of his books have been published under a feminine name, as he certainly does not want his macho mates to learn of his hobby, but his true identity comes under scrutiny when a large publishing house decides to escalate the advertising of his most current novel. Of particular delight is the encounter that his city slicker publicist has with the local constabulary. And then there is the new look his big rig gets when seen by graffiti vandals when he does venture to the big smoke. I have seen this wonderful movie so many times that when I saw it while visiting a friend in Austria, I still understood what was happening despite it being dubbed in German. Poor Germans! They might get the words, but not our Hugh's sultry voice!