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Australia

Release Date 26 Dec 2008 24 Apr 2009

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Currently 3/5 Stars.

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78% of raters want to see this movie

Certificate: 12A

Genre:

An English aristocrat inherits an Australian ranch the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver to drive 2,000-head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier.

Cast:
Nicole Kidman | Hugh Jackman | David Wenham | Jack Thompson | Bryan Brown

Writers:
Stuart Beattie | Baz Luhrmann | Ronald Harwood | Richard Flanagan

Producers:
Baz Luhrmann

Directors:
Baz Luhrmann

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Avg User rating
Currently 3/5 Stars.

User Reviews

- Currently 5/5 Stars.
Garrincha
- Currently 4/5 Stars.
phoebe

Epic romantic movie. Thought there was great chemistry between nicole and Hugh. Australia looks amazing!
- Currently 3/5 Stars.
ry2k_2000

dragged out and too dramatic!
- Currently 5/5 Stars.
ssconnolly

great film. The first 30 minutes are a bit bad but after that it just becomes an absolutely stunning piece of cinema. I hate Jackman and Kidman but I must admit they were very good. Luhrmann would be one of my favorite directors and he didn't disappoint with this great epic. Wouldn't surprise me if it got some Oscar noms, not for best film but for one of the worse but still respected ones.
- Currently 4/5 Stars.
Dr_Faulk

Baz Lurman goes over the top once again in this includes-the-kitchen-sink epic. Lots of good moments, and probably the only film that made me want to visit Australia.
- Currently 3/5 Stars.
thiswasthe1980s

good toryline and scenery was amazing. but did drag on to much
- Currently 3/5 Stars.
kris089

faaaar to long!!!
- Currently 3/5 Stars.
anna_mc

hugh jackman saved this film.....phwoooooar!!
- Currently 5/5 Stars.
Apocryphal

Swoon!!
- Currently 5/5 Stars.
letmein

Does exactly what it says on the tin
- Currently 3/5 Stars.
TheAngelicDiablo

Gone with the wind, now with MORE abiriginals.
- Currently 3/5 Stars.
Divasanon

Longwinded but King George, Nala and Hugh Jackman keep it together. For the most part.
- Currently 5/5 Stars.
Brian Dennison

A "Gone with the wind" for this generation.
- Currently 3/5 Stars.
leggyblonde

There's far too much going on for a Baz film - needs more time - from script to edtting - also, Baz works best when he is camp, something this film is missing. Kidman grates throughout... Dissapointing.
- Currently 5/5 Stars.
deec33