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By Daniel K (1,478) on 07 Dec 2009

3: My kind of film…

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By Andy C (1,868) on 23 Nov 2009

I give it 3 for some generally familiar-feeling themes of fierce, independent women in period pieces where such behavior was cause for a witch…

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By Ripö M (410) on 31 Oct 2009

This Masterpiece not getting a Best picture Oscar Nomination is proof that The AMPAS are idiots…

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By Courtney W (330) on 10 Jul 2009

I liked this movie a lot - especially its unconventional (for film, literature, and the period) look at love and marriage/relationships…

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By Judy J (32) on 19 Jun 2009

A remarkably assured -- and unfailingly attractive looking -- look at the life of a young woman in 1897 Australia…

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By Troi-Anne M (4) on 04 Apr 2009

I'm sorry, but I just have to say that I didn't enjoy this movie…

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By Kim N (64) on 03 Apr 2009

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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By Gregory W (1,059) on 28 Mar 2009

Anything with Judy Davis is good she rocks…

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By Vince B (68) on 05 Feb 2009

At one point (and I may have written this before…

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By Byron B (1,084) on 25 Oct 2008

Cheesey. Suprise ending. A little frustrating, but fitting once you think about it…

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By Dorothy I (36) on 30 Sep 2008

This movie reminded me of Anne of Green Gables or Man from Snowy River. I had a hard time getting into it, but it was cute…

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By Variety Staff (1,156) for Variety (12,700) on 24 Jul 2008

This Australian film is a charming look at 19th-century rural days in general and the stirrings of self-realization and feminine liberation…

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By Tom Milne (86) for Time Out (7,510) on 23 Jun 2006

The period atmosphere is evoked with careful delicacy, but the characters rarely become more than stereotypes with performances (Judy Davis…

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By James H (4,675) on 09 Jan 2006

Impressively filmed. The cinematography is great and the costumes are wonderful. Judy Davis gives a wonderful performance…

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By Keith Watson (196) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 12 Nov 2005

If the narrative is slightly schematic in the way it sets up a binary between Harry and freedom, it’s never didactic…

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By Janet Maslin (949) for New York Times (5,786) on 08 May 2005

My Brilliant Career marks the beginning of exactly that for both the film's daring, assured, high-spirited Australian director, Gillian Armstrong,…

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By Jack Kroll (152) for Newsweek (1,534) on 09 Sep 1995

My Brilliant Career doesn't need to trumpet either its or its heroine's originality this loudly…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 15 Jul 1986

Through a miracle of timing, Davis landed the lead role in Gillian Armstrong's assured debut feature My Brilliant Career fresh out of performance…

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By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 Jul 1983

The action and sentiments are familiar to the point of cliche, and there isn't much life in Gillian Armstrong's academic direction—she keeps…

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By Luke Buckmaster (275) for The Guardian (2,969) on 23 Apr 1983

The film itself is a kind of free spirit, and one that has made an indelible print on Australian cinema…

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