Delta Goodrem

Delta Lea Goodrem (born in Sydney on November 9, 1984) is an Australian musician, singer and actress, who started her career as Nina Tucker on the television soap opera Neighbours. She has released two number one albums, "Innocent Eyes" and "Mistaken Identity," and had 7 number one singles in Australia.

Hating Alison Ashley

In February 2004 it was announced Goodrem had won the title role in the Australian comedy film Hating Alison Ashley, the movie based on the novel by Robin Klein, a prominent Australian author. The film subsequently performed poorly at the box office in comparison to movies that were screening at the time.

Related Topics:
2004 - Hating Alison Ashley - Robin Klein

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

It earned less then $2 million despite being based on a successful book and screening in 180 Australian cinemas during the Easter holidays. This, however, was still good enough for it to be labelled a high-grossing Australian movie.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

While Hating Alison Ashley was seen by 60,000 people in its first weekend, takings dropped 28 per cent the following week, suggesting that word of mouth was overwhelmingly negative.{{ref|Movie_Hating}}

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Critics also slaughtered the movie in reviews; claiming that Goodrem's acting was too robotic and detached; however they did highly credit actress Saskia Burmeister, who played Erica Yurken, for her role in the movie. Despite calling Goodrem's acting bad, many critics attributed this to Goodrem's recent battle with cancer, and subsequently stated that the bad acting was due to her being in remission.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The film has now been released on DVD, and has been well received by fans of Goodrem, and moreover, fans of the movie.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~