Review of Australia (2008) by Kimberley Jones for Austin Chronicle — 21 Apr 2011
Luhrmann wants it all – comedy and tragedy, bombast and wet-eyed sentimentality. When it works, his kid-in-a-candy-store giddiness is infectious. When it doesn't – when he goes from silly to turgid in 60 seconds flat – he punctures Australia's proportions down from epic to simply overwrought.
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This review of Australia (2008) was written by Kimberley Jones and published by Austin Chronicle on 21 Apr 2011.
Australia has generally received positive reviews.
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