Rabbit-Proof Fence
In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their lives to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback to find their way home. Stars Everlyn Sampi, David Gulpilil, Jason Clarke and Kenneth Branagh. Based on the novel by Doris Pilkington Garimara.
2002Rating: PG94 minsAustralia
Drama
Rabbit-Proof Fence | Awards
Best Film, Original Score and Sound winner at the 2002 Australian Film Institute Awards.
Rabbit-Proof Fence | Reviews
88%145 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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Entertainment Weekly
Noyce lets the landscape and the untrained young actresses own the screen.
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Los Angeles Times
As a political statement it's at once over- and under-cooked, with little memorable dialogue and neither enough moral or political nuance.
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Film Threat
Whilst not a film to be relished, Rabbit-Proof Fence is an afternoon in a library of yesteryear events, events that should be recalled.
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Slant Magazine
Only in its final surprising shots does Rabbit-Proof Fence find the authority it's looking for.
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Village Voice
A dusty, calloused, primal Odyssey, as forceful and single-minded as a bullet train.
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Hollywood Reporter
With this film, Noyce has walked into the middle of the fray; using his gifts as a creator of expertly crafted, highly accomplished commercial successes, he has made a movie as exciting and accessible as it is timely.
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The New York Times
Its portrait of people who see themselves as decent, self-righteously trying to eradicate another culture, has the impact of a swift, hard slap in the face.
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Roger Ebert
This journey, which evokes some of the same mystery of the outback evoked in many other Australian films (notably Walkabout), is beautiful, harrowing and sometimes heartbreaking.
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Empire Magazine
Low on schmaltz and with three terrific performances from the girls, this is a moving and fascinating look at a piece of recent history that most Australians would probably prefer to forget.
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The Washington Post
Searing dramatization of a story of remarkable courage, stamina and spirit.
Full reviewRabbit-Proof Fence | Release Details
Rabbit-Proof Fence is available to stream in Australia now on Stan and Google Play and Apple TV and Foxtel and Binge and SBS On Demand and Ritz at Home and Prime Video Store.