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By Jill R (445) on 15 Jun 2011

I loved this film. Emily Watson is perfect in her role as Margaret Humphreys…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 15 Jun 2011

While director Jim Loach knows how to bring trying tales of deprivation and abuse to a piercing emotional pitch, more admirable is his uncanny…

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By Lovely L (144) on 11 Jun 2011

Great movie. very moving and based on real life events…

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By Lesley C (93) on 11 Jun 2011

Excellent film...very sad even more so that it is a true story....David Wenham was brilliant...well worth a look bring the tissues…

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By Tom D (1,091) on 08 Jun 2011

A good story and well rendered, but let down by some poor direction. Emily Watson was brilliantly cast…

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By David Stratton (799) for At the Movies (Australia) (716) on 08 Jun 2011

There are beautiful performances here from every member of the cast, and it's much to Loach's credit that he handles this potentially sensational…

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By Thomas Caldwell (278) for Cinema Autopsy (278) on 06 Jun 2011

With Oranges and Sunshine Jim Loach has announced himself a distinctive cinematic voice who is able to handle complex and difficult subject…

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By Dickie L (127) on 04 Jun 2011

Proving to be a chip off the old Loachian block, director Jim shows the same commitment to social critism and a no-frills, understated approach…

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By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 01 Jun 2011

Oranges and Sunshines (so-named after the promise made to the children of their new life, far away) works best during its most intimate moments,…

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By Lyn S (56) on 23 May 2011

24th May moving film retelling of a great book 'Empty Cradels' by Margaret Humphreys…

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By Steve P (906) on 20 May 2011

Extraordinary story that needs to be told. Powerfully portrayed without sensationalism…

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By Dave C (1,370) on 15 May 2011

A very sad chapter in the history of both Australia and Britain. A very depressing movie, but then so was the whole process of child deportation…

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By Peter B (1,397) on 13 May 2011

A hard film to swallow at times, made harder by the fact that it's based in truth. But an important tale to be told…

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By Alan W (854) on 03 May 2011

To be honest I was disappointed by this movie…

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By Stephen H (1,156) on 01 May 2011

Great film. Very moving. Exceptional acting from Hugo Weaving, Emily Watson and many other cast…

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By Jonathan S (1,990) on 01 May 2011

Good pictures of Nottingham. Very moving film, well acted by Emily Watson. Makes you happy and angry…

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By Caroline D (51) on 11 Apr 2011

A harrowing and emotional film which avoids the obvious heartstring cliches of a film like this, but one that, sadly, fails to ultimately engage…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 10 Apr 2011

[D]eeply enraging…

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By Shaun M (433) on 09 Apr 2011

Jim Loach - son of famed social realist Ken - acquits himself well enough here in an overly dry if wonderfully performed little drama, benefitting…

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By Daniel P (2,457) on 07 Apr 2011

Escaping the shadow of his famous father and an unremarkable TV career, Jim Loach's debut feature film is a slow burning but powerful drama,…

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