Review of My Brilliant Career (1979) by Gregory W — 28 Mar 2009

Anything with Judy Davis is good she rocks!

This review of My Brilliant Career (1979) was written by Gregory W on 28 Mar 2009.

My Brilliant Career has generally received positive reviews.

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What can I say? Very slow moving, hard to understand the point sometimes (like, why is this scene here?), and pretty much pointless…

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