Kenny
A warm Australian mockumentary follows a portable-toilet worker whose unglamorous trade reveals unexpected pride, resilience, and heart.
Overview
A charming look at the unsung hero of sanitation, revealing the humor and dignity in the most unexpected places.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- witty
- warm
- sincere
- lazy sunday
- group movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film as a well-acted, thoughtful, technically assured, and crowd-pleasing mockumentary, despite some objections to its cinematography and repeated humor.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film follows Kenny's work and family life with fly-on-the-wall honesty and a mock-documentary format.
Kenny treats portable toilet servicing and sewage management as skilled, necessary work despite public indifference.
Sewage, toilets, and septic challenges provide the jokes, but Kenny is presented with charm, dignity, and genuine feeling.
The film centers on Kenny as an uncelebrated Australian tradesman whose practical philosophy and family tensions shape the comedy.
Films like Kenny, and why
The Castle
mockumentary form, warm working-class humor, and an affectionate portrait of an ordinary man
The Office
deadpan workplace comedy and humane attention to socially overlooked labor
Best in Show
lowbrow premise transformed into a sincere, observational character comedy
Movie Details
- Director
- Clayton Jacobson
- Release Date
- 2006-08-17
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (71)
Cast
- Shane Jacobson
- Eve von Bibra
- Ronald Jacobson
- Ian Dryden
- Chris Davis
- Jesse Jacobson
- Donald MacDonald
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Kenny about?
- A warm Australian mockumentary follows a portable-toilet worker whose unglamorous trade reveals unexpected pride, resilience, and heart.
- What is Kenny like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Kenny as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Kenny violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Kenny.
- What did critics think of Kenny?
- Critics broadly praised the film as a well-acted, thoughtful, technically assured, and crowd-pleasing mockumentary, despite some objections to its cinematography and repeated humor.
- Which films are like Kenny?
- Films with a similar feel include The Castle, The Office, and Best in Show.
- How long is Kenny?
- Kenny runs 99 minutes.
- Where can I watch Kenny?
- In United States, Kenny streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
