Latest reviews about Australia

bkovacs says "Dances With Dingoes" about Australia

bkovacs — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:52:56 GMT

Australia is a sweeping action/romance set in the Australian province/state of the Northern Territories. Dances With Wolves is a sweeping action/romance film set in the Dakota Territory. The two films have many things in common, not the least of which is that they are both entertaining.

However, in its day, Dances With Wolves carved new ground, showing the natives from a perspective never seen in mainstream films. Australia combines set pieces from the old American West and classic war films, and threads in a romance in the dusty rough-and-tumble Australian outback. Just like in Dances With Wolves, Australia uses the mysticism and rituals of the natives and shows them in a new, more reverential, light.

Australia is really two nearly full-length films combined into one really long film (two hours and 45 minutes). The first half is the cattle drive, similar to what you've seen in many westerns. The newly arrived English aristocrat landowner, Sarah Ashley (Nichole Kidman), her husband...

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chohenry says "Loved this movie!" about Australia

chohenry — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:40:57 GMT

This movie is a must see. It was not really what I expected, but I loved it. I think Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman have great chemistry together. I never got bored and wondered when the movie would end, in fact, I hoped it wouldn't end. It's a great blend of comedy, action and a little romance. The little boy in the story was a great story teller. I love the accent that Australians have. The costumes were great also and oh yeah the scene where Hugh Jackman pours water over himself is good enough to make any lady wanna see this movie.

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granny41 says "Australia. great movie" about Australia

granny41 — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:42:16 GMT

I was pleasently surprised with the movie Australia. I thought it might be boring but it was not at all. I rented it but I am planning on purchasing it as it a movie I would watch again.

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Eyerater says "Australia - if you loved the country, you'll like movie." about Australia

Eyerater — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:06:41 GMT

I bring two credentials to this review of Australia, the film. One, I have lived in Australia and visited many of the places featured in the film. Two, I have produced and edited film.

There were highlights of the film that gripped me. The scenes of the outback stations and life on them were a pretty good representation of that reality as I have known it. I also was moved to tears (I am such a sap) by the scenes in Darwin after the Japanese attack and the reconnection of the principals. It was moving.

I thought Nicole Kidman's performance was ordinary to say the most. Hugh Jackman was a little better, but not much. I found both of them to be barriers to engagement in the story.

On the other hand, I loved the cinematography and the reminders of the incredible outback.

I was encouraged that the film dealt with the circumstances of the Aboriginal children and their parents who faced separation as a result of the best intentions of misguided white Australians at the time. (incidentally, it has......

kenzieb1 says "Good movie, but not at all like the previews. " about Australia

kenzieb1 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:01:25 GMT

Australia was a really good movie, but I have to admit, it wasn't really what I expected! When you watch the previews you get the impression that it's a love story from the 30's, when in reality, it's not really that movie about the love aspect. The movie is mostly about cattle herding, but it's still really interesting. The acting is really good, as it stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. It has a little bit of humor throughout. Overall, I really thought the movie was good, I just didn't think the previews were very true to the actual story line.

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LibbyMcMillan says "Australia has incredible FX, great story" about Australia

LibbyMcMillan — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:27:17 GMT

Australia is an Epic Adventure....
.........to a place most of us will never see, in a time we can't go back to. This high-budget drama goes all out to depict the drama that plays out from a vastly remote cattle station in the Aboriginal-inhabited outback, just prior to World War II. NIcole Kidman is perfectly cast as a well-to-do English lady who flies around the globe only to step into a mess that's far from her comfort zone. She quickyl pulls on her big girl panties, however, and goes after the bad guys with the competent direction of Jackman's character Grover, a free-wheeling cattle wrangler.

Characters, Style and Pace
There's not a character in this film who isn't well developed, well cast and thought out. Viewers will recognize Brian Brown, of the Thorn Birds, and will surely fall under the spell of young Brandon Walters as Nullah. The movie starts out a little odd: highly stylized, with some odd directorial decisions . . . you feel like you're not sure what...

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