Long
Angela
from
Kildare,
24 Jul 2011
A rainy day, but if the main co stars fan then get it, but if you dislike any one of them avoid at all costs.
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Fantastic Epic
Eileen
from
Offaly,
22 Dec 2010
You have got to see this movie. It was fantastic! Great story. Great scenery. Great acting. Didn't even notice the whopping great length of the movie. Excellent. Highly recommended.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Get it!!
Niall
from
Wicklow,
11 Nov 2010
Good film!!!
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Cool
dominik
from
Dublin,
07 Sep 2010
At the start wasn't nice but after 30 min really good movie
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Good watch
linda
from
Dublin,
15 Jul 2010
Brilliant movie bit predictable thought but Hugh just looks beautiful.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Australia
jarlath
from
Mayo,
02 May 2010
Pretty cool
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
AN OK FILM
Alan
from
Offaly,
24 Apr 2010
THIS WAS A GOOD FILM MAYBE A LITTLE LONG DO THERE IS SOME GREAT MOMENTS IN IT AND SAD AND HAPPY MOMENTS TOO .
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Not bad I suppose
Liam
from
Kilkenny,
19 Mar 2010
I liked it well enought but my partner Kate was a bit underwhelmed - I guess she expected more, while I didn't know what to expect. Beautifully filmed and well paced but the acting didn't quite absorb me into the story but as these things go, I'd recommend it wll enough.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Australia
Trish
from
Limerick,
16 Mar 2010
Ok movie, bit long and tedious. Not really Kidman's finest hour(s) Scenery fantastic
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Surprised
Emmett
from
Dublin,
23 Feb 2010
Vibrant cinematography with perfectly suitable acting brings out the theatre nature to this movie that is expected from a Baz film. The main critisism I have of this movie is the structure of the story. There is without doubt two seperate movies going on here. Both fulfill the required flow for their genre but it is too much to ask the audience to see both of them back to back rather then tangetially.
All in all I was midly surprised as it surpassed my low expectations. Not a movie though I
1 people out of 1 found this review helpful
long and borning
matt
from
Sligo,
22 Jan 2010
dont rent its crap
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
don't!
Sarah
from
Cork,
20 Jan 2010
don't even think about renting it, it's just, just, actually I don't even want to start thinking about it........
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
What is it?
Henning
from
Dublin,
18 Jan 2010
Australia is part epic movie, part advert for the Northern Territory with a bit of love and western feel thrown in. Totally cliche acting and Nicole does seem to get over her husband quickly enough, but overall enjoyable and better than expected.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
good
walter
from
Clare,
12 Jan 2010
we watched the film twice it was very good
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
enjoyable
Maria Jose
from
Dublin,
12 Jan 2010
not to bad considering the bad reviews from the press
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Absolute rubbish chuck it on the barbie
Mark
from
Dublin,
29 Dec 2009
Total rubbish and comes across part apology for how the aussies treated the aboriginies and an austrialian tourist movie gaping holes in the plot you could drop ayers rock in Baz Lurhmann should stick to musicals period robbed me of over two hours that I am never getting back, avoid at all costs.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
awful
DJ
from
Cork,
16 Dec 2009
should come with a warning
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Trash
Fergus
from
Galway,
01 Dec 2009
This was like an Americanised Aussie movie. Kind of like Australia's Far and Away except with real Australians. Poor movie.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Australia
Lillemor
from
Dublin,
30 Nov 2009
Enjoyable with some very pleasant scenery! The story however, is a little too predictable!
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Australia
Victor
from
Dublin,
24 Nov 2009
a bit drawn out with absolutely no chemistry between the two main actors. Hugh Jackson is capable of a lot more, like him in Wolverine though.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Painfully long!
Enda
from
Galway,
20 Nov 2009
This would have been an average movie if they finished it after 1 and 1/2 hours except they decided to smack another hour onto the end!
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Corney
Mary
from
Cork,
25 Oct 2009
I actually enjoyed this as I've been to Australia and love the place. But God Bless Baz Lurhman as he definately made a mess of the editing - to be honest he could have made 3 films from all the various story lines that he was trying to capture. Visually it was fabulous though
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Wasting our lives watching an oz tourism film!
GILLIAN
from
Dublin,
25 Oct 2009
I suffered through this and only made myself watch the whole film as I had bothered to use up one of orders from the screenclick gang! I think this was quite possibly the biggest waste of time ever. Scenery was nice but seemed far too computer animated. Acting was eh not the best! I think every possible Australian cliche phrase that makes even aussies cringe was present. Only good thing was the few nice shots of Hugh. Thats of course when he wasn't acting like the most obviously typical outback
3 people out of 3 found this review helpful
Australia
Harry
from
Dublin,
21 Oct 2009
Entertaining, interesting and informative.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Not Gone with the Wind.
John
from
Donegal,
20 Oct 2009
An Englishwoman travels to Oz to find her husband and sell their land only to find him murdered and her property worthless unless she can sell her cattle to the Army.
After all the bad reviews of this film, I wasn't expecting much, and although it did get to chocolate boxey in places, it was a good film overall. Jackman is gorgeous, and Kidman struggles with her accent.
Overlong, but worth a look.
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Yeehaa boys!
Annien
from
Dublin,
20 Oct 2009
Good old western kinda thang... entertaining enough..
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
australia
Mary
from
Cork,
15 Oct 2009
loved this movie, surprised myself cos I thought it wouldn't impress me, heard so much talk about it, I was renting itjust to see out of curiousity to see what everyones sees in this film. so I was hooked from the very beginning. great story, cute as a button kid, handsome "Drover" and Nicole, (well done).Due to my disability I usually cannot sit and concentrate for so long, but I watched the film from start to finish, and never moved at all.wish there were more movies like this.
2 people out of 4 found this review helpful
Rubbish
Tony
from
Dublin,
09 Oct 2009
I got this for my girlfriend as she id sick of all the horrors i get but i think this was the biggest horror of all!!!
She turned it off after an hour of rubbish.
Thank god i didn't waste an hour watching too.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Dreadful
Conor
from
Waterford,
03 Oct 2009
Beautiful scenery, silly stuff, didn't bother seeing to the end. Far too long.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Austrailia
Deirdre
from
Galway,
01 Oct 2009
Didnt like this at all
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
hugh jackman for president
Emma
from
Dublin,
25 Sep 2009
this is really good...at the start, nicole k is very funny and hugh j is a total fox, which is always nice. but then as per usual nicole becomes immensely annoying and its way too long and you get bored and walk off and make a cup of tea.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
pants
colin
from
Dublin,
17 Sep 2009
I had heard great reviews from my sister and a friend so I was delighted when Australia landed in the postbox. To say it disapointed is an understatement along the lines of saying Hitler was naughty.
It felt like a kids movie and was waaaaayyyyyy too long. I thought a serious issue like the stolen generation deserved a serious film, not this crap.
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Very disappointing
Maggie
from
Mayo,
14 Sep 2009
Very disappointing from Baz Luhrman. All of the characters were caricatures, the plot was predictable and the dialogue cliched. Having said that, I still managed to enjoy it. however, my husband couldn't watch more than 45 minutes.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
total letdown
darren
from
Offaly,
03 Sep 2009
promises to be epic, ends up all over the place and confusing, very poor effort
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Entertaining
Leanie
from
Kildare,
01 Sep 2009
This movie is entertaining despite garish digital manipulation. Overacting and predictable in place and heavily leaned on the story line and moments of Out of Africa. A enjoyable movie non the less, especially Australian scenery and insight into Aborigine lifes . Too long
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Australia
Noeleen
from
Meath,
25 Aug 2009
Watched this movie with my husband & two sons 10 & 8 years old. We all really enjoyed this movie even though it was 3 hours long. It is an all round family movie. Thought Nicole Kidman did well in her role as she can be a bit type cast so it was nice seeing her in something a little bit different as for Hugh Jackman well what can i say only um um he was nice eye candy oh and he acted well.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Too long by about 45 minutes
Alan
from
Dublin,
16 Aug 2009
Lavis, easy on the eye, but dragged out too long and the additional unnecessary 45 minutes makes it far less believable.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Australia
Jill
from
Dublin,
13 Aug 2009
Ok movie but not as good as people had made out in the press. Hugh Jackman looked good though!!!!!
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
oz
JOE
from
Dublin,
11 Aug 2009
First time I`ve seen Nicole Kidman in a movie and wished someone would shoot her,very annoying in this ,the film itself is a bit of a pantomine,though its not the worst film about It doesn`t bother me that I fell asleep as this just tries too hard,swash buckle type film,with cows,and native australians who having a warning at the start not to be spooked by the voices of ghosts when the witch doctor appears ?......Yes we have no Bannanas !
0 people out of 1 found this review helpful
Australia
Colm
from
Dublin,
07 Aug 2009
Only watched 10 mins of it as i realised how long it was on for, didn't bother watching the rest as not my type of film!
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
I dunno... i liked it!
Fergal
from
Dublin,
31 Jul 2009
It's 'Far and Away' set in Australia but i liked it. On blu-ray it actullay looks better than in the movies. Over acted but combines a nice bit of fanasy with a reality backdrop.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
good
toni
from
Tipperary,
29 Jul 2009
good clean love story with a serious undertone that is delt with well
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Australia
Donal
from
Dublin,
29 Jul 2009
I found this movie disappointing after the hype it had in the cinema. A long saga with limited special effects. Storyline was good .
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
A bit silly
Susan
from
Dublin,
22 Jul 2009
Unbelievable story with Nicole Kidman over acting with a naff english accent all the way through. Still an enjoyable enough Sunday afternoon movie if you have time to kill.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Wow
Mary
from
Galway,
14 Jul 2009
A great movie goes so quick.A true view of outback living
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
My Bird liked it!
Dean & Steffi
from
Meath,
06 Jul 2009
Me and the missus have an agreement: I rent her soppy chick-flicks in return for nights off gaming! So to sum up, she was looing forward to this but wondered after the first half hour where it was going, saying that Kidman was lacklustre & out of place. But she said it then turned on its head and became a good flick and got better. So there ya go now!
1 people out of 1 found this review helpful
good film
Michael
from
Monaghan,
06 Jul 2009
This is a decent film, it's long but it didn't seem anything like the 2 1/2 hours running time. i really enjoyed it as it's very easy to watch and has some very good characters. Not for everyone but definitely worth a look...
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Australia
John
from
Cork,
29 Jun 2009
Absolute waste of an evening. So many cardboard cutout characters and the use of every cliche in the book. Please do not waste your time
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Australia
Neil
from
Waterford,
29 Jun 2009
Good film but not an epic
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Australia
Mieke
from
Cavan,
27 Jun 2009
Superb film, tells a brilliant story of a chapter in Australia's history not often depicted. Highly entertaining.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Rubbish
Danny
from
Dublin,
16 Jun 2009
Absolute rubbish - great long panoramic shots of Australia - great if you like desert I suppose - acting terrible - Kidman is terrible.
Story is a joke...turned it off after 40 mins....
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
australia
andrew
from
Clare,
16 Jun 2009
a briallnt story i loved it
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Oz
Conor
from
Louth,
15 Jun 2009
Kinda long winded and over cooked but still quite watchable.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
alright
ronnie
from
Dublin,
11 Jun 2009
kidman was great.
the plot was a little slapstick which i dont like much.
scenery was great .
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Australia
Nuala
from
Dublin,
09 Jun 2009
This is not the best film Bazz has made I can tell you. Not as bad as it is made out to be but certinely not good. Nicole's face is very distracting. What was she thinking I just couldnt get over the Botox! The shame is it could have been great but its not.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Australia
Paul
from
Dublin,
07 Jun 2009
Just ok. Very slow...
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Australia
Jennifer
from
Donegal,
04 Jun 2009
A really good film.The story takes place through the eyes of a mixed raced aboriginal boy (Nullah).It has action, romance and great scenery.The one theme is in many respects is that the adults all defy the odds for their own reasons-some their intentions are good , others evil.Its a long film but moves at a good pace so one isn't aware of the time passing.I'm slightly biased as I really do enjoy Australian films and thought this was as good as any.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
take it or leave it!
Hilary
from
Meath,
04 Jun 2009
I was quite bored after half an hour. Wouldn't recommend it but I can see why some people might like it. Kidman played a silly, unbelievable character I thought. Though her acrting may have been good.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Australia
Frances
from
Clare,
29 May 2009
Idiotic story line but Oz looks magnificient
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Loved it!
Eve
from
Cork,
23 May 2009
Beautiful fim, loved it!
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
australia
Andrew
from
Meath,
19 May 2009
wasn't what i thought it would be at all well worth a look
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
australia
James
from
Cork,
18 May 2009
worth watching
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Camp and Cheese in Faraway Down
Cheater
from
Kerry,
18 May 2009
This will become a camp classic following on the dancing footsteps of Luhrmans previous movies, all we miss are the songs.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Only alright...
Cathy
from
Kildare,
18 May 2009
...despite the sometimes gratuitous 'Jackman with shirt off' moments that were my highlight!! It was too long, wanted to be too many types of film at once, the 'baddie' was WAY too panto, and the treatment of the issue of the 'stolen generations' was trite lip-service little more. The child actor playing Nahla was extremely good however, Nicole should layoff the Botox quickly she is already down to only two expressions!!
1 people out of 2 found this review helpful
Really good, just a bit long.
Eamon
from
Meath,
15 May 2009
In fairness it did keep moving and I didn't really feel the time going but at nearly 3 hours, it was just a bit too long for me.
Other than that I thought it was excellent. If yuo have the time it is really worth a look.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Australia
CAROLINE
from
Tipperary,
13 May 2009
According to the reviews this film was going to be great but I didnt think it was as good as they were saying.It was good, but not that good.Definitely one for the girls,so my husband said anyway!!
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Great movie
Martina
from
Tipperary,
13 May 2009
Baz Luhrman did a great job directing this movie, great scenery, nice story, great actors, yummy Hugh Jackman. The little kid Nahla is an amazing little actor. It's a bit predictable but a very enjoyable watch, would defo recommend.
0 people out of 1 found this review helpful
Great fun
laura
from
Dublin,
11 May 2009
Beautiful scenery as you might expect, and Nicole Kidman is great fun as a prudish English lady finding herself in the outback. A quirky film which I really enjoyed - not what I expected from the trailers. I think it is more a chick flick (my boyfriend fell asleep in the middle).
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
It was a great movie , worth watching
Denise
from
Galway,
08 May 2009
Is was great movie , long but great story ,
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Bitty epic
Lyn
from
Cork,
03 May 2009
This seems to be two films in one and they don't really flow together. The second part is much better than the first. Nicole Kidman gives an uneven overstylized performance but the Aborigine actors are just great and it's worth watching just to hear and see their story. I nearly gave up in the first half hour but stick with it as it matures nicely.
2 people out of 2 found this review helpful
Australia
Richard
from
Sligo,
01 May 2009
Very good to look at, but the big cattle storyline is best left to John Wayne or Gary Cooper. Enjoyable, but nothing very original.
1 people out of 1 found this review helpful