This is not something you've never seen before.
Beware of extreme sappiness and silly happenings. Extremely out-of-place music, bad acting and awful direction.
Otherwise it's quite enjoyable.
Australia is a 165 minute postcard, but is helped by very good acting from David Gulpilil and Brandon Walters. Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman are mostly awkwardly stupid.
Nicole did the same role in the much better FAR AND AWAY (1992) against Tom Cruise. Baz Luhrmann (the director of Australia) might have a good eye for what looks nice on screen - but he sure can't tell good drama.
Things don't "click". There's something missing. Timeing is way of the chart. Most annoying is the music, which takes itself way too seriously.
Could have been helped by being edited down an hour and with less romantic scenes.
Beware of extreme sappiness and silly happenings. Extremely out-of-place music, bad acting and awful direction.
Otherwise it's quite enjoyable.
Australia is a 165 minute postcard, but is helped by very good acting from David Gulpilil and Brandon Walters. Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman are mostly awkwardly stupid.
Nicole did the same role in the much better FAR AND AWAY (1992) against Tom Cruise. Baz Luhrmann (the director of Australia) might have a good eye for what looks nice on screen - but he sure can't tell good drama.
Things don't "click". There's something missing. Timeing is way of the chart. Most annoying is the music, which takes itself way too seriously.
Could have been helped by being edited down an hour and with less romantic scenes.