Roadshow Films are kindly giving you the chance to win one of 20 double passes to see “Any Questions For Ben?” the new comedy from the makers of The Castle and The Dish.
For 27-year-old Ben (Josh Lawson), life couldn’t be better. A well paid job, friends, parties, girls and nothing to tie him down. But when he is invited back to his old school to join several other ex-students including Alex (Rachael Taylor) and Jim (Ed Kavalee) in talking about their personal achievements, something goes wrong. Ben is the only speaker not to be asked a question by the school kids. This triggers a year of soul searching and looking for answers in all the wrong places.
From his best friend Andy (Christian Clark) whose solution is that they both take another holiday, to his mentor Sam (Lachy Hulme) who loans him a sports car in the belief that there’s nothing like excessive speed to resolve emotional turmoil. Not even Ben’s father (Rob Carlton) or friends Nick (Daniel Henshall) and Em (Felicity Ward) can offer much in the way of meaningful guidance. Of course, it’s not easy seeking enlightenment in nightclubs, or on the ski fields of New Zealand, and when you start dating a Russian tennis star things can get really complicated.
As the poster boy for a generation desperate to tick every box, Ben begins to suspect that the meaning of life may well reside in the things he’s already doing and a girl he used to know.
“Any Questions for Ben?” opens February 9th, 2012.
For your chance to win* one of 20 double passes to see “Any Questions For Ben?”, tell us:
What question you would like to ask Ben?
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*This is a game of skill. Answers judged on creative merit. Entries close midnight 24/01/2012. Winners decided on 25/01/2012. Winners will be contacted via email on 25/01/2012.
Tell us what you think
January 17, 2012 at 11:57 am
Ben, does your friend (left of photo) ever suggest that you go to South Australia with him?
January 17, 2012 at 12:35 pm
Hey Ben, did you get where you are today by listening to school kids?!?!
January 17, 2012 at 3:03 pm
what have you acheived in life?
January 17, 2012 at 3:03 pm
When was the time you felt the most awkward and that you didn’t belong in life?
January 17, 2012 at 3:05 pm
Is the meaning of life still 42 ?
January 17, 2012 at 3:07 pm
Ben, don’t you think that sharing your life with an Aussie girl, such as Rachel Taylor, Cate Blanchett or Toni Collette would be wonderful?
January 17, 2012 at 3:07 pm
Hey Ben, are you sure you are 27? Cos you kind of look 31 to me!
January 17, 2012 at 3:13 pm
Ben, I think you are cute. Will you marry me?
January 17, 2012 at 3:19 pm
Ben, what has been the biggest challenge you have ever encountered and the lesson learnt?
January 17, 2012 at 3:19 pm
Ben, NZ is beautiful for sightseeing, but skiing, seriously?
January 17, 2012 at 3:20 pm
Ben, do personal achievements make people happy, because things never made me happy?
January 17, 2012 at 3:22 pm
What’s for dinner?
January 17, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Ben, what is going on with Kelly (Jodi Gordon’s) teeth?
January 17, 2012 at 3:24 pm
Hey Ben, did you ever feel that life is just there to be lived and there’s no ‘correct’ answer?
January 17, 2012 at 3:34 pm
Why don’t you ask yourself for the truth Ben.
As the truth will set you free.
January 17, 2012 at 3:43 pm
Hi Ben, will you go and see this film yourself?
January 17, 2012 at 3:49 pm
hey Ben, do you think that what you are really looking for is that special someone to help make the rocky path through life a little bit smoother?
January 17, 2012 at 4:03 pm
What did those children see in you, that you could not see, yourself?
January 17, 2012 at 5:20 pm
Hi Ben, do you know your name spelled backwards is Neb??
January 17, 2012 at 5:23 pm
Ben, your life sounds perfect. So what aren’t you telling us?!
January 17, 2012 at 5:32 pm
Ben. You, me, coffee?
January 17, 2012 at 6:27 pm
Big Ben, what’s missing from your check list?
January 17, 2012 at 8:01 pm
Boxers, briefs of g-strings? On you, not your lady friends!
January 17, 2012 at 8:02 pm
What’s your favourite colour?
January 17, 2012 at 8:27 pm
Why do you assume we think you have all the answers, Ben?
January 17, 2012 at 8:44 pm
Is it really worth it?
January 17, 2012 at 10:59 pm
Do you feel like you will live your life in regret or have been living your life in regret?
January 18, 2012 at 10:37 am
Ben, do you like asking people if they like to ask you questions?
January 18, 2012 at 11:45 am
Hi Ben. Do you know my mother in law, because you look like my husband? Unknown brother?
January 18, 2012 at 3:39 pm
Ben, which is better: a rainbow that you can eat or a bowl of snow that warms your hands?
January 18, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Do you use teeth whitener?
January 19, 2012 at 3:22 pm
Ben, can I please have 2 extra questions to ask you?
January 23, 2012 at 9:32 am
Are you happy? Are you unhappy? Why?
January 23, 2012 at 9:52 am
Ben, What size shoes do you wear?
January 23, 2012 at 11:33 am
Ben if you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
January 23, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Ben, do you like or can you stand the other Ben? Yes, the younger boy from “Outnumbered”.
January 24, 2012 at 9:37 am
If a tree fall in a forest, & there’s no-one to hear it, does it still make a sound?
January 24, 2012 at 10:16 am
Hey Ben, does my butt look big in these jeans ?
January 24, 2012 at 10:21 am
Ben, do you not think laughter would be the best medicine?
January 24, 2012 at 11:54 am
Hey Ben, if my cereal box says the formula is new and superior, does that mean all this time I’ve been eating old and inferior?
January 24, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Hey Ben, if you have nine lives, what would you be?
January 24, 2012 at 4:33 pm
Ben, have you ever had you legs waxed?
January 24, 2012 at 7:09 pm
Ben, if you are dating a Russian tennis star, does she grunt as loudly off the court as she does on, and do your neighbours complain?
January 24, 2012 at 8:23 pm
Why are you wearing mummy’s perfume?
January 31, 2012 at 10:34 am
Is this new film worth seeing Ben?