Blucher One of the worst movies I've ever seen

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to of the 1%

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

currey-231-898201 One has to stick with this film. The tension builds layer by layer till one is holding one's whole body tight. Why? There's no big bang or surprise but one just get's caught up with the reality and the hurt of it: and one hopes. The acting is superb from all the performers and Nicole and Joseph come through with perfect pitch. Truly talented professionals.

spetsk Hahaha...this movie is my first ever IMDb review, as I just had to crack the movie and came here for the answers. Then it hit me! This movie is about about dissatisfaction, unfulfillment and in the end leaves you with the feeling! Great concept! 10 points! How many lines I have to write, if the review is just one sentence? What about simplicity? :)

gradyharp Fiona Seres and Michael Kinirons created the story and screenplay for this disturbing Australian film, directed by Kim Farrant. Some viewers are finding it slow and sluggish, but take a step back and realize that the pacing of the tragic story matches the hours of endless agony victims of trauma endure and the film becomes more meaningful.Actors Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes, and Hugo Weaving are all artists of the first caliber and the strength they bring to his story makes it work well. After leaving Coonawarra, New South Wales because of a scandal created by a 15 year old have relations with a school teacher (Martin Dingle Wall), the focal family are newcomers to the remote Australian desert town of Nathgari, Catherine (Nicole Kidman) and Matthew (Joseph Fiennes) Parker's lives are flung into crisis when they discover their two teenage kids, Tommy (Nicholas Hamilton) – a night walker - and Lily (Maddison Brown), have mysteriously disappeared just before a massive dust storm hits. With Nathgari eerily smothered in red dust and darkness, the townsfolk the search led by local cop, David Rae (Hugo Weaving). It soon becomes apparent that something terrible may have happened to Tommy and Lily. Suspicions run riot (Lily's sexual obsession with such boy's as Burtie (Meyne Wyattt) and Jarrah (Trangi J. Speed-Coe) among others, rumors spread and public opinion turns savagely against the Parkers – some wonder if Matthew had been abusing Lily sexually when she was younger. With temperatures rising and the chances of survival plummeting with each ing day, Catherine and Matthew find themselves pushed to the brink as they struggle to survive the mystery of their children's fate. Matthew finds Tommy days later but Lily remains missing – and it is that unknown that spins Catherine into near mental collapse as she wanders the desert naked. Secrets and lies and the only thing holding the Parker's together is their estranged but true love for each other.The film deals with alienation on all levels – with every character in the film – made more dramatic by the magnificent scenery of Australia as well captured by cinematographer P.J. Dillon. This is a tough film to watch but a fine, daring work of cinema.

tinarbiner I almost never review movies and I often like a tidy ending, but what intrigued me about this movie is that after scouring reviews, there were none I could find that touched on what I felt stood about about this storyline. Even a director-interview touched only on how different characters dealt with grief in the movie.Sure there was a lot of grief going around, but much more interesting was the element of a teenage female sociopath. The character of Lily went beyond simple promiscuity. She upended her former teacher's life. Was not only adept at seducing men at an early age, but also chronicled her conquests in her diary in an explicit way that clearly points to sociopathy.Parallels are drawn between her mother's need for sexual attention and manipulation with her own. The fact that she didn't take care of her brother and may have willingly abandoned him suggests something even more sinister. Particularly the haunting refrain of being touched in the dark. She gives us no reason to believe that she looks out for her younger brother, given that she will disappear into the box with him standing by helplessly. It is part of her power over him that she can do this without fear of reprisal from him. Ask how she manages to pull all this over on him and her parents?I came to the conclusion that she had abused her younger brother in some way, exerting her control over him in the darkness 'when no one can see.' Getting him to 'touch her' and do her bidding. Why else would a healthy boy not be able to sleep and instead wander aimlessly in the night? Why does she go after him, and why does she as the older, responsible one let it go so far as to allow him to almost meet his demise?Her father sensed it intuitively, which was why he feared for her early on and either reacted violently to protect her, or felt she deserved to be punished. Only a pretty screwed up girl would act out so extremely at such a young age. The father also recognized narcissistic tendencies in his wife. Perhaps the mother had a male relative who abused her in the past and there could have been a continuation of that with Lily as a child that was not overtly suggested.The mother's downward spiral toward the end also reinforced that notion as her daughter's disappearance reignited buried psychological trauma that plays out in a psychotic break for her which is witnessed by the townspeople. I felt the movie overall was well-acted by all involved and well-directed. Kudos to the independent film!