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- 2015
- R
- Alchemy
- 1 h 52 m
- 2015
- R
- Alchemy
- 1 h 52 m
Summary When Catherine (Nicole Kidman) and Matthew Parker’s (Joseph Fiennes) two teenage children suddenly vanish in a dust storm, the couple's relationship is pushed to the brink as they confront the mystery of their children’s disappearance in the soaring desert heat.
Directed By: Kim Farrant
Written By: Michael Kinirons, Fiona Seres
- 2015
- R
- Alchemy
- 1 h 52 m
- 2015
- R
- Alchemy
- 1 h 52 m
Strangerland
42
5.4
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Summary When Catherine (Nicole Kidman) and Matthew Parker’s (Joseph Fiennes) two teenage children suddenly vanish in a dust storm, the couple's relationship is pushed to the brink as they confront the mystery of their children’s disappearance in the soaring desert heat.
Directed By: Kim Farrant
Written By: Michael Kinirons, Fiona Seres
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
42
23% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
62% Mixed
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8 Reviews
15% Negative
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2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
42
23% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
62% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
15% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Eerie and unpredictable, Strangerland holds attention, even if traditional suspense tricks are avoided like they were dingos at the daycare.
Best of all is this setting — stark, reddish brown and sun-baked, the sort of place one only goes when every other possibility has been exhausted, and only movie stars could avoid turning instantly tanned and weathered.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 User Ratings
5.4
25% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
60% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
15% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 User Ratings
5.4
25% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
60% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
15% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
Set in the Australian outback, Strangerland tells the story of a family that has recently relocated to a small town that is literally in the middle of nowhere. The move seemed like an odd choice, but as you will later find out, it was a necessary one, but needless to say no one is particularly happy about it, especially the families two kids. One day there is a report of a large dust storm headed towards town and the parents go to get their children to safety, only to discover they are nowhere to be found. The local sheriff is called in, but he's not moving fast enough for the father, so he takes things into his own hands, further complicating things. Aside from the unusual setting and circumstances of the disappearance, this film isn't all that original, in fact, except for the ending and the location, it was really very similar to the film, Prisoners. The investigation was fairly interesting, as was the setting, Hugo Weaving was good as the sheriff, but was really the only interesting character with any kind of personality or background of interest. As for the rest of the cast, they're kind of just there, they don't talk much about themselves or their past and the film has an extremely narrow focus. Nicole Kidman just cries a lot and Joseph Fiennes wants to yell at anyone who will listen, which unfortunately is us. The bottom line, Strangerland is an average, forgettable film, it has enough going for it that it will keep your attention and it moves at a decent pace, but the characters are nothing to write home about, the performances are nothing special either, and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to understand what's going on or what happened in the end.
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Director Kim Farrant’s debut feature is beautifully shot and offers some powerful, well-acted moments from a strong cast, but it’s just relentlessly dreary.
The film remains stranded in a sort of genre no man’s land.
Too much of Strangerland simply feels dodgy and overdetermined, veering between art-film pretensions and melodramatic gestures, and governed by ambitions that outstrip the filmmakers’ abilities.
The directorial debut of Australian filmmaker Kim Farrant is undone by a series of overwrought, miscalculated scenes that can’t be redeemed by an expert cast that’s fully committed to the heavy-handedness.
The brooding and emotional prickliness gets overwhelming. Kidman tries her best to flesh out her character, but writer-director Kim Farrant gives this still-undervalued actress little to do.
Strangerland is Australia's answer to Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners - with troubled parents seeking their lost children. The distinct desert atmosphere adds a new layer; still, Strangerland is far less exhilarating, even with its talented cast.
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the price of nicole kidman seeing the future and being sexy and catching elrond in front of **** that she loses her daughter just like he lost his daughter to **** price of betraying vasilie zietsef yet again by banging his love from blue mountain and being a **** to elrond and everyone is that he cries like a **** and his wife suffocates and rips of her cloathes which is the more manly thing to do...I can't help but feel like this whole movie is a closer look at what happened during lord of the rings....
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You know a movie can't be good when it goes nowhere for the last 40 minutes. Another shameless pile of garbage that we today call movies. This is what movies are today, lazy, stupid, and incoherent. Strangerland is an embarrassment and everyone involved should be embarrassed.
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This movie is beyond bad, it is just beyond belief that someone was paid to write this script and actors would put their name to this utter rubbish.
I know Nicole Kidman is not the greatest actress and her career is washed up but putting her name to this shows how far she has fallen.
There is not one redeeming quality about the film. The story was just full of plot holes and characters that just made no sense to any of the story. Little own the fact that everything about the cinematography was either a cliché or just completely wrong.
Hugo Weaving as the Coppa ( or lead detective ) just made no sense at all as he was somewhere between Chuck Norris as a Texas Ranger and Blue Heelers. But nothing like a country cop or an Australian Police Officer at all.
Do not watch this unless you have a bucket list for the worst movie ever or indeed just want to punch yourself in the face.
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Production Company
Worldview Entertainment,
Fastnet Films,
Dragonfly Pictures,
Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board,
Screen Australia
Release Date Jul 10, 2015
Duration 1 h 52 m
Rating R
Tagline To find the truth they must lose themselves
Awards
Australian Film Critics Association Awards
• 2 Nominations
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
• 2 Nominations
CinEuphoria Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
