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- 2021
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- IFC Films
- 1 h 57 m
- 2021
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 57 m
Summary Based on the global bestseller by Jane Harper, a federal agent’s (Eric Bana) homecoming leads to a deeply personal murder investigation that reopens old wounds and threatens to unravel the tight-knit small town.
Directed By: Robert Connolly
Written By: Harry Cripps, Jane Harper, Samantha Strauss, Robert Connolly
- 2021
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 57 m
- 2021
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 57 m
The Dry
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6.6
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Summary Based on the global bestseller by Jane Harper, a federal agent’s (Eric Bana) homecoming leads to a deeply personal murder investigation that reopens old wounds and threatens to unravel the tight-knit small town.
Directed By: Robert Connolly
Written By: Harry Cripps, Jane Harper, Samantha Strauss, Robert Connolly
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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70% Positive
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30% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
69
70% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
30% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
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The familiarity is part of what makes The Dry tick along so nicely; it reminds you of other good movies even as you enjoy its own special flavor.
Watching the film is such an intense experience that most of its flaws fall away and its red herrings serve only to enhance the local color.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 41 User Ratings
6.6
76% Positive
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
15% Mixed
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10% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 41 User Ratings
6.6
76% Positive
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
15% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
10% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
The Dry is well executed and paced. Mystery elements are super interesting.
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The Dry is the closest movie this summer to Mare of Eastown. How? For starters, you've got an unsolved murder from years ago that brings back DetectiveEric Bana to his hometown to investigate a tragic murder-suicide that involved one of the original suspects. Once you get past the Australian accents, you can enjoy a well written, yet somber who-done- it play out. Who's hiding long kept secrets? Just like Mare of Eastown there are a couple of red herrings that lead you off the path. Great acting. Great cast. Great ending, this movie is easily one of the best murder mysteries of 2021
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At times, it can feel a bit like “Clue” with so many plausible characters and motives swirling around and around, but Bana keeps it grounded, as a professional trying to do his job the best he can, while caught up in memory and trauma.
Aussie director Robert Connolly (“The Bank”) takes his time with this material, slowly building up characters, layer by layer. The stresses of the drought are stated overtly at first, and slip into the background.
Bana is one of the producers of The Dry, and it’s not hard to see why he wanted to act the role, which is uniquely suited to his specific talents – his potent mixture of brusque physicality and barely bottled emotion. Connolly is a patient enough director to let us take in the pain this man holds in his face and the quiet power in his eyes.
The plot of The Dry, it has to be said, is not a model of elegance and plausibility. I sniffed out the villain, who barely merits the description, a fair way off, and the dénouement, though it involves the threat of fire-starting, is the dampest of squibs. Yet the film has serious staying power.
The particulars of the central mystery are mundane, to the point where the film itself doesn’t spend too much time digging into them.
Eric Bana (Aaron Falk) Captivates in Tense Aussie Crime Drama, "The Dry," co-written and directed by Robert Connolly ("The Slap," "Balibo," "The Bank"), based on the novel by Jane Harper. Bana plays a policeman in Melbourne, Australia who goes back to his rural hometown of Kiewarra, in the midst of a long, lingering drought, to attend the funeral of childhood friend, Luke, whose wife and son were brutally murdered. Falk stays and works with the Town Sergeant to try and solve the case of the three deaths. Falk also learns to come to terms with his own role in the unsolved death **** from the town that he befriended when he was a teenager, reopening old wounds. The movie offers twists-and-turns, suspense and a few suspects, with an ending that's a complete surprise, especially for those who haven't read the novel.
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(Mauro Lanari)
Sorrowful, sober, poignant, whispered: once the great cinema and the best art followed these aesthetic principles today instead more and more set aside and despised. It can be mistaken for a dispersive film, while it is the remarked metaphor of the drought that has persisted for almost a year, for a lifetime, since the entire history, the chronic shortage of a saving rather than redemptive water to drink and wash. The version of the masterpiece "Under the Milky Way" is also harmonically desiccated and dried up. So far Australia's most successful thriller, Connolly transforms it into the visionary and survivalist vibe of the landscape and its inhabitants.
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A surprising thriller starring a strong and intense Eric Bana.
Well directed, and solid in terms of plot. The intrigue is good and it kept me attentive.
It went incredibly unnoticed, and it's a shame. I honestly think it deserved more attention.
If you haven't seen it, you should give it a chance.
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Sin faltar al respeto, es como un telefilme de domingo ****, un trhiller-misterio policial, pero con un toque más, con mejor calidad, y un buen guion.
Está bien, pero le falta algo, el prota no me dice nada, y de primeras no llama la atención la película, supongo que un pogo por el título, que ya os digo, no tiene demasiado que ver. La fotografía no le favorece, aún así, tiene una buena historia y funciona en sus partes.
· Cosas buenas: el guion es lo mejor, el montaje paralelo es intenso y en general el ambiente mola, con ese toque oscuro de misterio, interesante, funciona muy bien.
· Cosas malas: la notas como apagada, que le falta algo de chispa y de ritmo, quizás hubiera funcionado mejor con 15-20 minutos menos.
· Conclusión: Es entretenida, pero no como para ir al cine a verla, si algún día te la encuentras por la tv, es una muy buena opción.
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This has a slight feel of 'The Tourist' about it as its an Australian mystery film but it's definitely not as good as that show. I didn't feel too much emotional concern for or about the characters, other than the main character perhaps because he's clearly not well regarded when he returns home, which seems a little unfair but for the most part, the characters didn't interest me much. It's somewhat tense and it's sort of ok but not a film I'd actively recommend, no.
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Production Company
Made Up Stories,
Arenamedia,
Cornerstone Films,
Film Victoria,
Media Super,
Pick Up Truck Pictures,
Screen Australia
Release Date May 21, 2021
Duration 1 h 57 m
Rating R
Tagline Where the truth lies
Awards
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 4 Wins & 14 Nominations
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
• 6 Nominations
Australian Writers' Guild
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
