Australia
The audacious visual stylist Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge, Romeo and Juliet) has made an epic historical romance about his native country. The film is set in northern Australia prior to World War II and centers on an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) who inherits a massive cattle station. When Aussie cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man (Hugh Jackman) to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor months earlier. The film also deals with the Lost Generation.
- Director:
- Baz Luhrmann ('Strictly Ballroom', 'Moulin Rouge')
- Writer:
- Baz LuhrmannRonald HarwoodStuart BeattieRichard Flanagan
- Cast:
- Nicole KidmanHugh JackmanDavid WenhamBryan BrownJack Thompson
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Reviews & comments
Flicks, Team
flicksDirector Baz Luhrman, with a history of successful reinvention, sets a tale of ravenous romance against a backdrop of frontier Australia, the Stolen Generation, and an encroaching Japanese threat on 1940s Darwin. It’s a giddy, indulgent, pretty-faces-on-pretty-landscapes styled epic with the crosshairs aimed squarely on the romantic grandiose of old Hollywood. The ambition is palpable and the exuberance is endearing, but the film strains so hard to implore a sense of the epic that the result is well overwrought.
A Classic Epic Drama Romance
I loved this movie so much, the music, the cinematography, the performances are all brilliant. It is a moving epic story that is obviously trying to bring back the movies of "Gone with the Wind" era, and I think it does an even better job of the epic war drama than GWTW did! Nicole Kidman is actually good for the first time since she won the Oscar and her...
A fabulous story!
My European husband was adamant he didn't want see it after reading some less than complimentary reviews. Don't believe a word of the critics! They are clueless when it comes to thinking in any other way that doesn't sit within the realms of a typical western critique! Give yourself more credit and go enjoy a fabulous story (despite the movies obvious...
Australia
This is one of the best movies I have ever seen & I have seen a ton! It has something for everyone - drama, suspense,romance,murder,awesome scenes of the outback and tons of excitement. Sure, some of the scenes are a little drawn out - but hey! what a great movie.go and see it for yourself.......
The Best
Didnt really want to go to this movie...but friends bought me ticks with them.....So pleased I did....had thought it would be typical dull Australiana....but what thrilled with it.....well done...stunning...a MUST SEE....Dont write this movie off....there is something in it for everyone....Quite thrilling...Loved wee Nalla
Stunning/ Magnificent/ Increadible
Awesome! This film was greatly cinematogarphed, beautifully acted on the parts on Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. Nullah was a really lovely addition to the story, and the film presented historical information in an amazing, powerful and wholesome way. DEFINITLEY SEE IT!
Variety
pressDeliberately anachronistic in its heightened style of romance, villainy and destiny, the epic lays an Aussie accent on colorful motifs drawn from Hollywood Westerns, war films, love stories and socially conscious dramas. Some of it plays, some doesn't, and it is long.
The New York Times
pressA testament to movie love at its most devout, cinematic spectacle at its most extreme, and kitsch as an act of aesthetic communion.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressA big-hearted melodrama, it takes a series of fascinating risks, some of which come off. But it's no super-movie.
San Francisco Chronicle
pressAustralia shows all the signs of having been a labor of love for director Baz Luhrmann. One problem: It's his love, and the audience's labor.
Rolling Stone
pressIf looks were everything, director Baz Luhrmann's epic salute to his native land would be the movie of the year. But, crikey, a padded script bloated with subplots and shameless sentimentality can wear you down.
Los Angeles Times
pressIf you are willing to take the plunge and view things through Luhrmann's prism, "Australia" does deliver the classic dramatic and romantic satisfactions its ambitious advertising campaign promises.
Hollywood Reporter
pressDefies all but the most cynical not to get carried away by the force of its grandiose imagery and storytelling.
Empire Magazine
pressBravo, Baz Luhrmann. He’s created one of the best-realised films in Australian history. Strewth.
Flicks, Team
flicksDirector Baz Luhrman, with a history of successful reinvention, sets a tale of ravenous romance against a backdrop of frontier Australia, the Stolen Generation, and an encroaching Japanese threat on 1940s Darwin. It’s a giddy, indulgent, pretty-faces-on-pretty-landscapes styled epic with the crosshairs aimed squarely on the romantic grandiose of old Hollywood. The ambition is palpable and the exuberance is endearing, but the film strains so hard to implore a sense of the epic that the result is well overwrought.
Variety
pressDeliberately anachronistic in its heightened style of romance, villainy and destiny, the epic lays an Aussie accent on colorful motifs drawn from Hollywood Westerns, war films, love stories and socially conscious dramas. Some of it plays, some doesn't, and it is long.
The New York Times
pressA testament to movie love at its most devout, cinematic spectacle at its most extreme, and kitsch as an act of aesthetic communion.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressA big-hearted melodrama, it takes a series of fascinating risks, some of which come off. But it's no super-movie.
San Francisco Chronicle
pressAustralia shows all the signs of having been a labor of love for director Baz Luhrmann. One problem: It's his love, and the audience's labor.
Rolling Stone
pressIf looks were everything, director Baz Luhrmann's epic salute to his native land would be the movie of the year. But, crikey, a padded script bloated with subplots and shameless sentimentality can wear you down.
Los Angeles Times
pressIf you are willing to take the plunge and view things through Luhrmann's prism, "Australia" does deliver the classic dramatic and romantic satisfactions its ambitious advertising campaign promises.
Hollywood Reporter
pressDefies all but the most cynical not to get carried away by the force of its grandiose imagery and storytelling.
Empire Magazine
pressBravo, Baz Luhrmann. He’s created one of the best-realised films in Australian history. Strewth.
A Classic Epic Drama Romance
I loved this movie so much, the music, the cinematography, the performances are all brilliant. It is a moving epic story that is obviously trying to bring back the movies of "Gone with the Wind" era, and I think it does an even better job of the epic war drama than GWTW did! Nicole Kidman is actually good for the first time since she won the Oscar and her...
A fabulous story!
My European husband was adamant he didn't want see it after reading some less than complimentary reviews. Don't believe a word of the critics! They are clueless when it comes to thinking in any other way that doesn't sit within the realms of a typical western critique! Give yourself more credit and go enjoy a fabulous story (despite the movies obvious...
Australia
This is one of the best movies I have ever seen & I have seen a ton! It has something for everyone - drama, suspense,romance,murder,awesome scenes of the outback and tons of excitement. Sure, some of the scenes are a little drawn out - but hey! what a great movie.go and see it for yourself.......
The Best
Didnt really want to go to this movie...but friends bought me ticks with them.....So pleased I did....had thought it would be typical dull Australiana....but what thrilled with it.....well done...stunning...a MUST SEE....Dont write this movie off....there is something in it for everyone....Quite thrilling...Loved wee Nalla
Stunning/ Magnificent/ Increadible
Awesome! This film was greatly cinematogarphed, beautifully acted on the parts on Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. Nullah was a really lovely addition to the story, and the film presented historical information in an amazing, powerful and wholesome way. DEFINITLEY SEE IT!
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