Rating of
4/4
The Aussie Godfather
SIngli6 - wrote on 08/16/11
I have often avoided Australian films because of the resistible parochial values and rather smug aversion to genre they commonly have, but decided to give this film a shot after reading a number of rave reviews for it. Even with the cautiously optimistic disposition with which I entered the cinema, I was still greatly impressed by the high level of technical expertise and acting featured in it. The script did not weigh itself down trying to incorporate bits of Australiana into its story or characters, though they are certainly there. What matters is that the emerge naturally and as a consequence of David Michod's efforts to tell an emotionally turbulent and sonorous parable of a family in crisis. It has universal application, and frankly that's what Australia needs more of right now.
This Australian foray into the Shakespearean theatrics of crime opera is a categorical triumph.
