Australia

Hard to take it seriously, acting very obvious at times,(drunk in pub or drunk accountant) three films joined into one very very long film. I so looked forward to seeing a great film as i had the pleasure of flying over film set in the Kimberleys last year (just outside Kunnanara), desperately long. Could have left the cinema after one hour.

If you expect a serious film you will be disappointed

Our family which include my teen age grandchildren loved the movie. We talked about it all the way home from the theater, which is a 45 minute drive. The western feel was something that my husband liked and I have always been interested in the Pacific theater during World War II. The acting was excellent. It had you forgetting this was just a movie but had you pulled into the love, hate, of the characters. The kids actually went home and looked up more about Australia in the War. This movie helped remind people what we are and what we can be. I loved it and will own it when it goes to DVD.

Australia is a film reminiscent of the old western. Taking place in the late 1930's through the early 1940's we follow the lives of a refined Englishwoman, Nicole Kidman, who comes to Australia looking to convince her husband to sell their cattle ranch in the Northern Territories. Met at the port of Darwin by the ranch's top drover, Hugh Jackman, she begins the perilous journey north to the ranch. Upon arriving she finds her husband dead and the ranch in a state of disrepair. Living on the ranch is a young boy, Brandon Walters, the product of an aboriginal mother and white father, who becomes an intregral part of the story. Circumstances soon change for Kidman's character and she decides to stay in Australia and rebuild the ranch into a profit making enterprise. There are typical western themes, barroom brawling, cattle drives, horses, heroes and villians, but with the time frame what it is, war breaks out and the Japenese become a threat to everyone. Don't let the length of this film deter you from seeing it. At 2 hours 45 minutes it is entertaining enough throughout to hold your interest and ends up seeming much shorter. I recommend it to anyone that likes a bigger than life film filled with excitement, romance and action.