Rating: 2 out of 5 stars if your are not West Australian; 4 out of 5 stars if you are
Where: Qantas 737 with individual screens from Sydney to Perth May 2014
Audience: 6 month baby in the back seat crying their eyes out, not mine
Sound system: Sony noise cancelling ear phones
Activity: Qantas anti deep vein thrombosis exercises from Qantas in flight magazine
Multitasking: Reading journals
Like: great western Australian scenery and how Rick the photographer is so supportive and the movie is Rated M...
Check it out at: http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s3938335.htm They don't have their own movie web site.
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Rated M
Review by David Stratton
In April 1977 Robyn Davidson began a 3,200km trek from Alice Springs to the West Australian coast accompanied by three adult camels, one baby camel and a dog named Diggity. An adventurous outsider who rejected city life, Robyn, played in the film by MIA WASIKOWSKA, reluctantly accepts sponsorship from National Geographic magazine which means she has to put up with the occasional presence on her trek of American photographer Rick, ADAM DRIVER. But mostly she's alone in the outback with the animals.
Robyn Davidson's story has been a film project for many years; at one time Ray Lawrence planned to make it with Julia Roberts mooted for the leading role. One of the great strengths of the film that has finally been made is Mia Wasikowska, the tremendously versatile young actor, who gives the character a stubborn, flinty determination. The Australian outback, superbly photographed by Mandy Walker, becomes a key character in the film, and the camels themselves are wonderfully cranky and unpredictable. Wasikowska is so good you almost resent Driver's occasional appearances.
There are fine cameo performances from Rolley Mintuma, as Eddy, an aboriginal elder, and John Flaus as an old Afghan who teaches Robyn how to relate to camels. It's not easy to make an absorbing and entertaining film out of such an austere subject, but Curran and his team have certainly succeeded.
<<UNQUOTERobyn Davidson's story has been a film project for many years; at one time Ray Lawrence planned to make it with Julia Roberts mooted for the leading role. One of the great strengths of the film that has finally been made is Mia Wasikowska, the tremendously versatile young actor, who gives the character a stubborn, flinty determination. The Australian outback, superbly photographed by Mandy Walker, becomes a key character in the film, and the camels themselves are wonderfully cranky and unpredictable. Wasikowska is so good you almost resent Driver's occasional appearances.
There are fine cameo performances from Rolley Mintuma, as Eddy, an aboriginal elder, and John Flaus as an old Afghan who teaches Robyn how to relate to camels. It's not easy to make an absorbing and entertaining film out of such an austere subject, but Curran and his team have certainly succeeded.
Cast: Mia Wasikowska and Adam Driver
Director: John Curran
