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  • 2019
  • PG
  • Good Deed Entertainment
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2019
  • PG
  • Good Deed Entertainment
  • 1 h 39 m

Summary A contemporary retelling of Colin Thiele's classic Australian tale. 'Storm Boy' has grown up to be Michael Kingley, a successful retired businessman and grandfather. When Kingley starts to see images from his past that he can't explain, he is forced to remember his long-forgotten childhood, growing up on an isolated coastline with his fa...

Directed By: Shawn Seet

Written By: Justin Monjo, Colin Thiele

  • 2019
  • PG
  • Good Deed Entertainment
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2019
  • PG
  • Good Deed Entertainment
  • 1 h 39 m

Storm Boy

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
67
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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Summary A contemporary retelling of Colin Thiele's classic Australian tale. 'Storm Boy' has grown up to be Michael Kingley, a successful retired businessman and grandfather. When Kingley starts to see images from his past that he can't explain, he is forced to remember his long-forgotten childhood, growing up on an isolated coastline with his fa...

Directed By: Shawn Seet

Written By: Justin Monjo, Colin Thiele

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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90
Apr 4, 2019
Director Seet’s gorgeously filmed production proves to resonate as much today as it did 40-plus years ago.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 4, 2019
Even those unfamiliar with the tale will find it charming and moving, and, as is so often the case with Australian films, the scenery can't be beat.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW

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meydianarizki21
Oct 30, 2020
.A film for everyone A visually stunning Australian film that has worldwide appeal for people of ALL ages. The themes about family, friendship, love, loss and loneliness are universal and rounded out with a message of hope for a better future. This is a throughly enjoyable and emotional "retelling" of Colin Thiele's book of the same name which has been in print for over 55 years. This is not a remake - this is a retelling and should not be compared to the 1976 version. This film stands on its on merit, it is beautifully shot and superbly acted. It's a remarkable film that will stay with you forever.
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DawdlingPoet
Feb 6, 2022
This is a nice, interesting family friendly drama film set in Australia. I liked the cinematography and the musical score, plus the little boy's acting was very good.
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70
Apr 3, 2019
Director Shawn Seet’s film is surprisingly sweet and moving.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 26, 2019
This version of Storm Boy, directed by excellent Aussie small-screen helmer Shawn Seet, has the emotional heft and visual splendor to win the hearts of domestic and international family audiences.
By Richard Kuipers FULL REVIEW
63
Mar 26, 2019
It’s not a thrill-a-minute piece of children’s entertainment, but winning performances by young Finn Little, by Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush as the adult “boy,” and by Trevor Jamieson and Morgana Davies, lift it.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 5, 2019
Storm Boy tries to present itself as a modern fable, where the lessons learned relate directly to present-day concerns over the environment, industrialization and the marginalization of indigenous cultures. But these themes come across as didactic rather than moving.
By Teo Bugbee FULL REVIEW
40
Mar 26, 2019
In the new film, by literally creating a bust of the bird – as if a clump of stone or plaster could compare with the natural majesty of wings and feathers – the meaning has been accidentally inverted: a story about how something can never die becomes about how it will never live again.
By Luke Buckmaster FULL REVIEW
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SSR
May 19, 2019
I thought this was a charming family film with a great story (based on the novella by Colin Thiele). Just to warn that it's sad in places, so potentially not for younger kids.
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Mauro_Lanari
Nov 16, 2021
(Mauro Lanari) Second film adaptation, after Henri Safran's 1976 one, of the 1964 classic of Colin Thiele's children's literature, which has also become an opera for theater and video games, it is a quite mediocre fairy tale full of good environmentalistic intentions that does not benefit from the comparison with other coming-of-age novels together with an animal or with the more adult and mature "The Pelican Brief" (Pakula 1993).
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Tyranian
Feb 10, 2020
Has some strong scenes and is well-filmed but also totally unbelievable at times.
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Production Company Ambience Entertainment, Best FX Adelaide
Release Date Apr 5, 2019
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating PG
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Tagline Love Has Wings
Website https://kojo.com.au/film-and-tv/feature-films/storm-boy/
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Awards

Zlín International Film Festival for Children and Youth
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Screen Producers Australia Awards
• 1 Nomination
Children KinoFest
• 1 Nomination

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