This gradually affecting misfit adventure starring Colin Friels as a geeky genius inventor is a quirky and affable comedy, with a handful of memorable moments.

After being fired from his job for unruly inventing (!) Malcolm (Friels) decides to supplement his income by taking a tenant into his home.  A brawny, rough around the edges criminal movies in, initially concerned that Malcolm may not dig his choice of profession.  Malcolm’s wacky flair for creating oddly practical machinery however gels seamlessly with the underworld, and he becomes the humble coordinator of some wonderfully orchestrated comic heists.

Those who’ve seen this genial little film will no doubt recall Malcolm’s superb getaway vehicle - a car which literally splits in half - as well as his feisty robot rubbish bins that make perfect perpetrators of a bank robbery.

Director Nadia Tass’s pace is slow at times, as if she needed an energy drink to pep her up before the shoot.  Once the film gets going, however, all is forgotten and Malcolm becomes an endearing suburban adventure.