At first it didn't have huge expectations about this movie. David Callinan was one of my favourite comedians growing (Loved Skithouse) so that was the main reason why I wanted to see this movie. As a person who loves Country Footy, this movie kicked a lot of goals close to my heart. From the killer local community nicknames like Porterhouse,Sheepy, Carpert Burn etc... to saving the club by recruiting refugees to their side.

source: The Merger

The Merger has replace "The Castle" as my go to Australia movie.

Nice idea and a great message but undermined by a terribly predictable script and ridiculous plot. Pure rubbish.

Bizarre enough. An Australian film with decent acting.

The streaming preview was all I knew about this movie before we started watching so I had no expectations whatsoever other than it was a comedy about footy. And that in and of itself doesn't auger well for tremendous viewing pleasure... It helps if you're Australian, it helps if you love AFL footy, and it helps if you're not tied to any politician viewpoint, to be able to really appreciate this movie with no doubt a tiny budget but a huge heart. Sure, there a handful of hackneyed tropes but there's far more really delightful and surprising moments of laugh out loud comedy and scenes that go out of their way to avoid tired cliches. Give this little ripper of a film a go - you won't be disappointed.

I hate racism and any hatred based on things people are. I can't believe reviews of this film are annoyed it showed rasists in a bad light, to hate someone coming from tragedies for a chance of a better life is nothing to hate. Check the history records, privileged and rich people cause most problems these days. Great film and tonne of heart, I'm British and our films always get praised but I think Australian and New Zealand have some amazing films,easily the most naturally funny. Great message, message and host of characters, all played their roles and really were easy too root for. The only thing I wanted was for carpet burn to come back and embrace sayiid to come full circle but even so this film was a joy. I'd we all accepted and loved each other this world could be great

This a movie is a terrible attempt at making an Aussie comedy. Jokes aren't funny and having a little child swearing is not funny. Very forced humour and fake sentimentality. Every boring cliche in the book.

Pukesville. I'm certain the only people who gave this amateur attempt at filmmaking the positive reviews it received had something to do with it. What an embarrassment. An annoying kid delivering garbage lines with no acting ability whatsoever was the start. Then one cliche after another and forced sentimentality followed and that was only 8mins in. Thank goodness I quit then.

Has a huge heart behind it. Great messages about tolerance and community.