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08/14/08 |
Outstanding |
 "A rollicking romp through the vaults of Aussie genre films.... There's a wistful those were the days' mood, but Hartley also makes room for some clear-eyed criticism..." |
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06/11/12 |
Excellent |
 "...a lyrical, deeply affecting study into a rarely seen legacy of the Holocaust... superbly shot... should be a career-launcher for newcomer Saskia Rosendahl..." |
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05/22/12 |
Excellent |
 "Exhilarating, opaque, heartbreaking... a deliciously preposterous piece of filmmaking that appraises life and death and everything in between, reflected in a funhouse mirror." |
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05/20/12 |
Excellent |
 "...a sparkling charmer following the '60s pop singing group... Wayne Blair has crafted an exuberant celebration of Aboriginality that fizzes with humor and heart..." |
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10/14/10 |
Excellent |
 "...terrifically engaging... about a band of teens forged into guerilla warriors after a military invasion of Australia... a universal coming-of-age story, with satisfying dollops of romance, drama and easy humor... a solid entertainment..." |
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10/21/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a feast of surreal beauty... skilfully staged.... the unifying accomplishment is in the giddy acrobatics, sleek sensuality and heart-stopping derring-do of the performers..." |
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08/20/12 |
Very Good |
 "...celebrates mayhem and mischief-making.... punches through the humor with moments of wrenching gravity as it challenges the stereotypes of mental illness." |
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09/09/11 |
Very Good |
 "...taps into questions of solitude and loneliness, obsession and repression of emotion... atmospheric and full of mystery, gives up its secrets reluctantly." |
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07/23/11 |
Very Good |
 "...explores the emotional wreckage of a dysfunctional family with caustic wit.... embraces the grandeur of the Australian literary classic upon which it's based." |
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04/19/11 |
Very Good |
 "...gleefully silly and sturdy enough... Big crashes, lithe women and roiling testosterone... at least two set pieces hit new heights of metal-crunching mayhem." |
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06/19/09 |
Very Good |
 "...persistently terrific Hugo Weaving lights a fuse under 'Last Ride,' a spare and wrenching road movie delving into the complexities of a fraught father-son relationship." |
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04/17/11 |
Good |
 "...skitters just this side of kitsch... a noisy, universe-rattling spectacle full of sound and fury with a suitably epic design and solid digital effects..." |
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04/07/11 |
Good |
 "...will have kids and their chaperones shaking a tail feather to its pulsating Latin beats.... ticks similar family-friendly boxes without reinventing the animation wheel." |
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06/25/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "It's familiar, drawn-out shtick, and the humor lacks the subtlety of the first and best 'Ice Age', but there are some visually inventive high points." |
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05/19/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a petri dish of high-concept perversity and cultural commentary teeming with lo-fi ickiness... gives a sardonic, David Cronenbergian twist to a very au courant subject..." |
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02/16/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...the piece is as mild as its hero, although first-timer writer/director Leon Ford displays an amiably idiosyncratic sensibility that should be encouraged." |
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01/21/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "As a celebration of cultural identity, the Aboriginal musical 'Bran Nue Dae' has so much feel-good fizz that you can almost overlook its rickety construction. But not quite." |
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01/17/12 |
Moderate |
 "...a cornball ride through colorful, often glaringly phony sets popping with miniature elephants, gold-spewing volcanoes and a monster-truck-sized lizard." |
| 19. |
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09/18/11 |
Fair |
 "...the general vibe is one of laziness. The action is by-the-numbers and the ungainly machinations of the plot are familiar from countless spy spoofs..." |
| 20. |
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05/10/11 |
Fair |
 "A well-made but hard-to-watch portrait of Australia's worst serial killer.... Only the truly ghoulish will find any pleasure..." |
