If he were not prevented from doing so by virtue of his Australian birth, we wish that Kenny Smyth could run for American president in this election year. His honesty, his generosity of spirit, his boundless kindness, his wisdom, his earnest efforts at diplomacy, his willingness and ability to deal with even the most daunting challenges and, especially, his guileless and winsome humor make him the ideal candidate. That Kenny empties port-a-potties for a living should in no way disqualify him; in fact, it qualifies him all the more. Since we can’t have Kenny for president, we can still enjoy him in this endearing, brilliant and hugely entertaining mockumentary.

(With Shane Jacobson as Kenny, Australia, 2007, 99 min. in English with English subtitles.) – G.R.