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By David Fontana (92) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 28 Mar 2018

With poignancy, grit, and proficiency, it gazes out at the vast Australian outback while also deeply examining the darkness of humanity within…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 28 Mar 2018

Sweet Country is tough, spare and lyrical right down to the bone…

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By Jordan Farley (104) for Total Film (3,532) on 28 Mar 2018

The beauty of Alice Springs offers a profound contrast with the ugly acts committed by its inhumane colonists…

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By Jason Anderson (395) for Sight and Sound (827) on 13 Mar 2018

Sweet Country's complexity and sophistication mark it as a landmark work of Indigenous cinema…

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By Ian Freer (515) for Empire (3,446) on 12 Mar 2018

Sweet Country is epic and personal, daring to tell a simple story in a challenging, arresting way…

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By Matthew Bond (673) for The Mail on Sunday (UK) (704) on 11 Mar 2018

This Aussie western slightly outstays its welcome…

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By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 11 Mar 2018

Many great films have emerged from Australia, but few as good as Sweet Country…

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By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 10 Mar 2018

Rangy and lean as a cattle dog, Warwick Thornton's 1920s-set tale of racial tension and rough justice in Australia's Northern Territory is…

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By Aimee Knight (20) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 09 Mar 2018

A painfully real portrait of racism in Australia…

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By Ed Potton (195) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 08 Mar 2018

The shots of scorched red landscapes and dried-up riverbeds are often rapturous and [director Warwick] Thornton's habit of interspersing the…

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By Alistair Harkness (1,042) for Scotsman (1,471) on 08 Mar 2018

Uses western tropes to zero in on the savage racism of Australia, exploring the deep-rooted conflict between Aboriginal Australians and their…

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By Paddy Kehoe (74) for RTÉ (Ireland) (721) on 08 Mar 2018

A film which celebrates the mysterious, harsh landscape and those shimmering horizons of the Northern Territories in what is, aside from taut…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 07 Mar 2018

I can't understand the raves from some critics for Australia's Sweet Country…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 07 Mar 2018

We have no sense of being preached at but the director's indignation and bewilderment at the plight of men like Sam is always self-evident…

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By Matthew Toomey (680) for ABC Radio Brisbane (680) on 16 Feb 2018

Described as Australian's equivalent of an iconic American western, Sweet Country is a gripping, moving drama that pulls back the curtain on…

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By Christopher Schobert (126) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 13 Feb 2018

Thornton establishes himself as a director to watch, and with fine performances from Neill, Brown, Gorey-Furber, and, especially, Hamilton…

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By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for The Neighbourhood Paper (Australia) (13) on 07 Feb 2018

Sweet Country may inspire rage and shame in the viewer, but it's not an alienating film…

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By Jake Wilson (570) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 02 Feb 2018

Thornton's long-awaited second narrative feature has strengths of its own, but not the same immediate emotional force…

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By Alex Doenau (232) for Trespass (429) on 01 Feb 2018

Sweet Country is a landmark work of Australian cinema, even if it lacks commerciality: what it does offer is the diamond hardness of certainty…

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By Fred Topel (1,193) for We Live Entertainment (357) on 29 Jan 2018

It is the voice of a distinct filmmaker from a distinct nation and I'm glad I got to experience it…

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