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Summary Jaded police detective Travis Hurley (Simon Baker) arrives in the remote Australian Outback town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder of a local Indigenous girl 20 years ago. As truths about the crime begin to unfold, Travis gains new insight into the unsolved case from the victim’s fractured family, the surviving witnesses, and ...

Directed By: Ivan Sen

Written By: Ivan Sen

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  • 1 h 48 m

Limbo

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
78
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary Jaded police detective Travis Hurley (Simon Baker) arrives in the remote Australian Outback town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder of a local Indigenous girl 20 years ago. As truths about the crime begin to unfold, Travis gains new insight into the unsolved case from the victim’s fractured family, the surviving witnesses, and ...

Directed By: Ivan Sen

Written By: Ivan Sen

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
78
87% Positive
13 Reviews
13% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
78
87% Positive
13 Reviews
13% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
May 17, 2024
The film is an indictment of law enforcement as it operates (or doesn’t) for aboriginal people.
By Liz Braun FULL REVIEW
90
Feb 24, 2023
Led by an almost unrecognizable Simon Baker as a jaded cop, Limbo weaves in themes of racial inequity, broken individuals and fractured families to build quiet potency.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
80
May 17, 2023
The cast, in weather-beaten and woebegone mode, are uniformly excellent, directed by Sen in beautiful unison, their performances different notes in the same melody.
By Luke Buckmaster FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 24, 2023
It’s a distinctive work, both visually – the stark black and white photography accentuates the uncanny, almost lunar pockmarks on this scarred terrain – and in terms of its intriguingly detached outback noir storytelling.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 19, 2024
The cinematography solidifies the film’s status as a noir grappling with corruption and probing moral grey areas, while at the same time echoing visually the stark divisions between white and Indigenous people in Australian society.
By William Repass FULL REVIEW
63
Mar 19, 2024
I was wholly taken in by the forlorn setting and by the racism subtext in play here. But too little happens in “Limbo” for my taste, and there’s a fine line between “patient” storytelling and a film so slack in its pacing as to lower the stakes and test the viewer’s patience.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 2, 2023
If viewers manage to sync with this specific wavelength, they will definitely enjoy Sen’s methodical noir deconstruction. Still, it might be asking too much from the audience, especially where there’s so little payoff to be found in this corner of the Australian outback.
By Marco Vito Oddo FULL REVIEW

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5.6
60% Positive
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Production Company Bunya Productions, Windalong Films
Release Date Mar 22, 2024
Duration 1 h 48 m
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Website https://bunyaproductions.com.au/productions/limbo/
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Awards

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
• 6 Wins & 8 Nominations
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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