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Thorough depiction of Australia's uniquely crass and duplicitous approach to killing off its koala populations by degrees. Might be an eye-opener for overseas audiences.
Time and again, profit-making developers and loss-making foresters make a joke of environmental regulations and sanctions.
You have to admire the knowledge and courage of all the environmental experts and koala volunteers featured, they give it everything.
BUT, as is typical of WWF and other Australian environmental groups, the movie ducks the habitat impacts of our absurd levels of population growth, a 45% hike just this century. Not everything's about "climate change".
Time and again, profit-making developers and loss-making foresters make a joke of environmental regulations and sanctions.
You have to admire the knowledge and courage of all the environmental experts and koala volunteers featured, they give it everything.
BUT, as is typical of WWF and other Australian environmental groups, the movie ducks the habitat impacts of our absurd levels of population growth, a 45% hike just this century. Not everything's about "climate change".
There's plenty to like about this movie, but plenty of reservations too, if you will pardon the pun.
There's nothing particularly wrong with the premise, a talented but manipulative Native American who climbs to a higher station, but cannot escape the awful baggage he has left behind.
The Native American leads are convincing and affecting, and the Jesse Eisenberg cameos likewise.
The problem is the unnecessary and unconvincing "political" effort to link the modern day drama to the horrors of the original invasion.
Remove the first five minutes and the last five minutes, you would have a more coherent movie.
There's nothing particularly wrong with the premise, a talented but manipulative Native American who climbs to a higher station, but cannot escape the awful baggage he has left behind.
The Native American leads are convincing and affecting, and the Jesse Eisenberg cameos likewise.
The problem is the unnecessary and unconvincing "political" effort to link the modern day drama to the horrors of the original invasion.
Remove the first five minutes and the last five minutes, you would have a more coherent movie.
Somebody go see this movie, it is in the best traditions of great Italian movies, making a fine study, from a difficult (harrowing) topic.
Given the outline, girl falls for violent and controlling relationship, you wonder how director De Matteo can make something original and arresting of this, but he succeeds very well, including an intricate but well-judged ending.
The father, mother, and abused girl, are all played with great skill, particular plaudits to Edoardo Leo, whose love for his daughter is made unbearably palpable and believable. Not to mention the human flaws in his makeup, which threaten to derail his responses to his daughter's travails.
Minor characters, cinematography, musical score, all carry their share of the load. Nor does the movie overstay its welcome.
Given the outline, girl falls for violent and controlling relationship, you wonder how director De Matteo can make something original and arresting of this, but he succeeds very well, including an intricate but well-judged ending.
The father, mother, and abused girl, are all played with great skill, particular plaudits to Edoardo Leo, whose love for his daughter is made unbearably palpable and believable. Not to mention the human flaws in his makeup, which threaten to derail his responses to his daughter's travails.
Minor characters, cinematography, musical score, all carry their share of the load. Nor does the movie overstay its welcome.