THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A F*CK: STUFF REVIEW

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (M, 97 mins) Directed by Nathan Price ****½

I've picked up Mark Manson's best-selling book a few times and even flicked through the first pages. But I've never quite got as far as giving the nice people at Unity Books my money.

I think it's the ironically trying-hard-to-sound-cool pretension of that F*ck in the title, that has put me off. God knows I love swearing and regularly unleash torrents of profanity that could make a wharfie blush. But when someone tries to commercialise swearing by using it to flog a book, I suddenly turn prim as a nun.

But, I reckon the next time I see Manson's book, I will buy it. Now that I've seen the film of the book and spent time in his company, I like Manson and what he has to say.

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