The quirky Kerrigan family lives together in a makeshift home they built themselves – with great pride and a bizarre attention to detail – a few yards from the edge of Melbourne, Australia's busy Tullamarine Airport. When a building inspector condemns the building and reveals that the government plans to use their land for an airport expansion, Darryl Kerrigan and his brood recruit hack attorney Dennis Denuto and prepare themselves for the fight of their lives.
The Castle has generally received very positive reviews.
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The Castle was released in 1997 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 407 reviews, giving The Castle (1997) an average rating of 79%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 91%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 70%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Castle than critics were.
With a score of 79%, The Castle is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1997, which stands at 59%.
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