Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Nov 26 '08
Pros: Great acting, great story, beautiful photography and music
Cons: None
Summary: I have to admit it. Although I have never been to Australia, I have a love for the country and its people. I have met several Australians and gone on tour to Europe with a large group from Oz. And, I really like Nicole Kidman and Hugh ... read more
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Sep 03 '09
Pros: Scenery, intentions, Wenham, Brown, Aboriginal mysticism
Cons: Direction, style, humour, caricatured, insulting
Summary: Prissy, repressed English rose Lady Ashley (Australia’s unofficial Botox Queen Nicole Kidman) arrives in 30s (just prior to Dubya Dubya Deux) Australia to venture to Faraway Downs, the remote cattle station owned by her husband, whom she soon ... read more
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Jan 23 '09
Pros: Customes, scenary, customes
Cons: incoherent screenplay, lack of chemstry between actors, meaningless characters
Summary:
I understand many of you may have heard of an old little film called “Gone with the Wind”, but may not have had a chance to watch that film from beginning to end to under ... read more
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Jan 02 '09
Pros: Kidman and Jackman great chemistry. Love with romance, hatred, action, progressive plot.
Cons: Not really great for the little ones too much violence and too much drama.
Summary: This is the perfect "date night" movie. Not only does it appeal to women, but men will find it has the right amount of action and not too much romance where the true plot of the movie gets drowned out. This movie is sure to be a classic up ... read more
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Dec 24 '08
Pros: Acting (mostly), good plot, emotionally charged and some nice humour...
Cons: .. poor sets and cinematography, slow start, sometimes too predictable...
Summary: I have to admit that I hadn't initially been that keen to watch Australia - from the trailer, it looked to me rather like a Western, a genre I'm not keen on, only set in the outback rather than the Wild West. However Baz Luhrmann's epic ... read more
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Dec 19 '08
Pros: scenery. costumes. history lesson, Brandon Walters
Cons: acting, script, Kidman, Jackman
Summary: I like Nicole Kidman. I like Hugh Jackman. I enjoy historic dramas. I had anticipated enjoying the movie Australia. I had wanted to like it. What can I say? It's nice to have desires, but we don't always get what we want or expect. Let me start off ... read more
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Dec 18 '08
Pros: Beautiful scenery, Brandon Walters shines as Nullah.
Cons: Dumb, predictable story.
Summary: Australia is directed by Baz Luhrmann and stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. SPOILER ALERT!!!!!The beginning of the movie struck me as similar to the filming style of "Mary Poppins" and I disliked it immediately. I ... read more
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Dec 05 '08
Pros: Hugh Jackman is genial to hang out with. Some nice scenery.
Cons: It's a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing.
Summary: AUSTRALIA is a big, old-fashioned kind of epic that manages to entertain mildly on a very broad scale. It’s the kind of movie that made me think upon its conclusion, “I liked it okay…but it’s also a little weird and ... read more
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Dec 03 '08
Pros: Supurb cinematography
Strong cast
Surprisingly well paced
Cons: - Shallow exploration of sub-plots
- Feels abit too much like a giant advertisment
- Underdeveloped characters
Summary: It’s a bold and unusual move to name a film after an entire country. Considering that no feature length film since 1923 has been simply titled “America”, maybe there is a good reason why it’s not a common occurrence. Sure, the ... read more
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Dec 01 '08
Pros: Romance, action, great special effects
Cons: It is a pretty long movie
Summary: I have never heard about "Australia" until the other night when I went to the theater with one of my good friends. We showed up late to the movie theater and wasn't able to go to the movie we wanted to. The only other movie that looked somewhat decent ... read more
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Nov 30 '08
Pros: acting, cinematography
Cons: 3 movies in 1
Summary: I am a big fan of Baz Luhrman's work, but I was a bit disappointed in his latest movie, Australia. It seemed to me he tried to turn two movies into one. The first movie was a solid western about beating a meat tycoon at his own game and the ... read more
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Nov 27 '08
Pros: The acting especially by Brandon Walters and the brilliant cinematography
Cons: Some elements of the plot
Summary: It's always a pleasure to look forward to any film directed by Baz Luhrmann, who creates movies which are visually stunning to look at that often carries stories that may or may not live up to that vision. When he's successful as he was in Strictly ... read more
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