Quick Movie Reviews
Rating of
2.5/4
Matthew Brady - wrote on 02/27/2014
The story is about an English aristocrat teams up with a rough stock-man in Australia in order to save 2,000 cattle from barons eager to take her land. On the cross-country trip over harsh land, the two come close together only to face the horrors of WWII as Japanese strike following Pearl Harbor. This movie has a good cast and good acting but the romance wasn't sweet.
Rating of
3/4
mitchellyoung - wrote on 07/28/2011
This is Baz Luhrmann's "Gone With the Wind." The story is epic and spans several years, the cinematography and production design are elegant, and the performances are captivating. I think the film is a little unevenly paced; the first half is more tension-filled and, when the film moves two years into the future, it kind of loses momentum for a good half hour or so. It probably could have been edited down from its nearly three hour running length, but it's clearly a labor of love about a country and culture that is native to the director (and actors) and, because of that, it mostly succeeds.
Rating of
4/4
PsychoKing1227 - wrote on 10/21/2010
A brilliant epic adventure from the mind of Baz Luhrmann, so you know it has to be good. Now, before I really delve, I'll just say that this movie had it all for me, everything, so prepared for some gushing. Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, and Brandon Walters had me, they HAD me from the moment the film opened up. This opulent epic was visually stunning, well-written, superbly-directed, and incredibly well-executed. With production quality along the lines of "Gangs of New York," "Australia" was a brilliant imagining of the wonders of the world "down under" and held a new candle to Luhrmann's previous works and other epics to follow.
Rating of
3.5/4
mimschkin - wrote on 01/26/2010
Fun fact about me: I grew up watching music videos on a loop on MTV. As a result, I have a weak spot for Baz Luhrman and his 'postmodern'/'MTV-style' movies, inluding Australia. I can point out a number of things that are wrong and terrible and awful about this film. It's long, sappy, derivative, stupid, predictable, hilariously bad - the list goes on. But I loved every minute of it. And on a technical level it's got some pretty neat cut-scenes showing a globe near the beginning. Horrible film, but entirely watchable.
Rating of
4/4
littlesparrow17 - wrote on 11/25/2009
Jackman and Kidman are both amazing actors and in Australia they show you just how talented they are. Both play their parts so emotionally and beautifully that to the viewer they become that person. The chemistry between them is so intense that it makes the romance between two people who are so different even more enjoyable. The imagery of the movie is so breathtakingly beautiful it does nothing less than move the touching romantic adventure along. Yes, it is admittedly a long movie but in the end I doubt you'll be complaining much.
Rating of
4/4
shane2010 - wrote on 12/06/2008
This movie was fantastic. It started off a little slow, but it picked up. Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman were both excellent in thisfilm. It is mystical, romantic, and completely epic. It was well directed, well acted and well produced. The two hour and 45 minute running time went by fast! It was one of the best romance films ever made!
