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2022
IFC Films
1 h 52 m

2022
IFC Films
1 h 52 m

Summary Nitram (Caleb Landry Jones) lives with his mother (Judy Davis) and father (Anthony LaPaglia) in suburban Australia in the Mid 1990s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration at never being able to fit in. That is until he unexpectedly finds a close friend in a reclusive heiress, Helen (Essie Davis). However, when that relationship me...

Directed By: Justin Kurzel

Written By: Shaun Grant

2022
IFC Films
1 h 52 m

2022
IFC Films
1 h 52 m

Nitram

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 26 Critic Reviews

81

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 22 User Ratings

7.8

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Summary Nitram (Caleb Landry Jones) lives with his mother (Judy Davis) and father (Anthony LaPaglia) in suburban Australia in the Mid 1990s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration at never being able to fit in. That is until he unexpectedly finds a close friend in a reclusive heiress, Helen (Essie Davis). However, when that relationship me...

Directed By: Justin Kurzel

Written By: Shaun Grant

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Universal Acclaim Based on 26 Critic Reviews

88% Positive
23 Reviews

12% Mixed
3 Reviews

0% Negative
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Metascore

Universal Acclaim Based on 26 Critic Reviews

88% Positive
23 Reviews

12% Mixed
3 Reviews

0% Negative
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Jul 15, 2022

Condemned in Australia by two of the victim’s families, there’s an argument to be made for Nitram not being watched at all. But by refusing to paint Nitram as an out-and-out monster, the film’s masterstroke is its compassion. It exposes politicians as the real criminals in an unspeakable tragedy that we still haven’t learned from today.

By Paul Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

Jul 17, 2021

The acting quartet of Jones, LaPaglia and double Davis is just immense.

By Tim Robey FULL REVIEW

Mar 30, 2022

More than an explainer of motives behind a single person mass shooting, Nitram is a character study wrapped in a tone poem, an unpacking of a man who feels like he has run out of all potential paths to happiness and believes that acts of violence spark action.

By Brian Tallerico FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Mar 30, 2022

The killings themselves may remain off-camera, but the movie is still an uncomfortable watch. In Jones’s smoldering performance, we see a man stretched beyond his limits, a rubber band just waiting to snap back.

By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Jul 17, 2021

Nitram is an uncommonly tough, taxing film with an aftershock that’s hard to shake.

By David Rooney FULL REVIEW

Jul 23, 2021

Nitram here pulls off the delicate eye of the needle: it has compassion for Nitram’s circumstances without providing an alibi for his actions.

By David Katz FULL REVIEW

Little White Lies

Jul 7, 2022

Although the film avoids depicting any act of violence (aside from that which Nitram inflicts on his father and a shooting we hear but don’t see) its sympathies seem strangely weighted in favour of a man who showed none to the people he murdered.

By Hannah Strong FULL REVIEW

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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 22 User Ratings

82% Positive
18 Ratings

18% Mixed
4 Ratings

0% Negative
0 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 22 User Ratings

82% Positive
18 Ratings

18% Mixed
4 Ratings

0% Negative
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Details

Production Company GoodThing Productions, Melbourne International Film Festival

Release Date Mar 30, 2022

Duration 1 h 52 m

Genres

Website https://www.ifcfilms.com/films/nitram

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Awards

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards

• 8 Wins & 15 Nominations

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

• 4 Wins & 7 Nominations

AACTA International Awards

• 4 Nominations

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