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Well, The
Cowboy Booking International

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Metascore: 67 Metascore out of 100
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MPAA RATING: Not rated

Starring Pamela Rabe, Miranda Otto, Paul Chubb, and Frank Wilson

Hester (Rabe) brings a young woman, Katherine (Otto) in to live with her and her father and to help with chores on their farm in the Australian Outback. The two women form an atypical relationship as one is older and more conservative while the other is younger and energetic. They must come to terms after a tragic night on the town puts them at odds.


GENRE(S): Suspense/Thriller  
WRITTEN BY: Laura Jones
Elizabeth Jolley (novel)
 
DIRECTED BY: Samantha Lang  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: September 11, 2001 
Video: September 11, 2001 
Theatrical: May 19, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 102 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Australia 

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80
The New York Times Dana Stevens
With a neck-snapping jolt, turns into the scariest exercise in cinematic sleight of hand since "The Blair Witch Project."
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70
TV Guide Ken Fox
A grim and deliciously twisted Gothic chiller from the dark side of sunny Down Under.
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63
New York Post Hannah Brown
A heartfelt, beautifully acted film that suffers from its similarity to countless other movies.
60
Village Voice Dennis Lim
Still most easily defined by its unavoidable parallels to any number of lesbian-overtone psychodramas.
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