Review of Australia (2008) by Lourdh R — 09 Oct 2010
This was one of the last films I ever saw at the cinema in my town, pity it was not very good.
It's about an upper class English twat (Nicole Kidman) whose husband who owns property in Australia is killed, supposedly by an Aborigine and she is left in charge. Carny, an evil property owner (Brian Brown) is eager to take over her property and in order to stop him she must team up with a bronzed Aussie stock-man (Hugh Jackman) and drive 2000 across the harsh Australian country and needless to say a romance begins.
This was a massively anticipated film, everyone was geared to see it, $100 million as a budget? That makes it the most high budget Australian film of all time. We were all expecting a historical drama, something that would illustrate our colonial background to the rest of the world, but instead we got this.
Yes it is very visually spectacular, with great cinematography, there are a few scenes of Australian history illustrated here just with not much depth or detail and it's so cliche ridden. It alternates between being humorous and campy to being serious and sad. It's a very uneven film.
Overall it has entertainment value, it's watchable and humorous, but I'm glad I saw it at the cinema because this wouldn't have done it for me on home video.
3 stars.
This review of Australia (2008) was written by Lourdh R on 09 Oct 2010.
Australia has generally received positive reviews.
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