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		List Price: $29.99		Label: 20th Century Fox Salesrank: 3048 Released: March 3, 2009
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		MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: Blu-ray

Editorial Review:

Genre: Drama
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 3-MAR-2009
Media Type: Blu-Ray

Description of Australia [Blu-ray]:
Watching the early reels of Australia, there's certainly no doubt who's in charge: this could only be a film by Baz Luhrmann, that wacky purveyor of all things over-the-top. In this old-fashioned, 165-minute hymn to his native continent, Luhrmann travels back to the late 1930s/early '40s, for a scenario that would not have been out of place at MGM in that era. Straightlaced Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) journeys Down Under and is put under the protection of--crikey--a rugged cattle driver known only as the Drover (Hugh Jackman). When the two are forced to team up (along with a motley crew of misfits) to take a herd of cattle through the hostile landscape, their way is challenged by the dastardly plans of the local beef baron (Bryan Brown) and his elaborately evil lieutenant (David Wenham). At some point you realize that this film's main commodity is not cattle, but corn: Luhrmann piles on the melodrama and the old-school climaxes with his usual frantic glee. Employing "When You Wish Upon a Star" and the Japanese air force to make his case is not beyond Luhrmann, and he reaches big here. Those with a taste for un-ironic silliness might just go for this stuff, but even fans of the Baz will have their patience tested by the broad comedy and the absence of discernable chemistry between Kidman and Jackman. Australia does manage to skewer the culture's prejudices against the Aboriginal people, but in this context such a victory comes across as rather tinny. --Robert Horton

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Australia [Blu-ray] Reviews:
Very contrived and totally uninteresting
2009-12-01 - I was so disappointed in this movie. It was like a film 101 project. Someone had an outline of what an epic movie should be and they just went down the outline executing each point. Nicole Kidman wasn't the least bit believable in this role. So stiff and mechanical. It seems she was just in it for the paycheck and the typical Kidman in bed shots. I really wanted to like Hugh Jackman but he was just there for scenery and didn't contribute much to the film. There was absolutely no chemistry between Kidman and Jackman.

The mysticism throughout the movie was a distraction and did not fit in the movie at all. The young boy and the king were the only two interesting characters. Save 165 minutes of your life and watch something else.

Lovely movie
2009-11-29 - This is an excellent movie that I can not stop watching. First time I watched in HBO was just to watch something I hadn't seen before, but right after the first scenes I got so wrapped up in this movie. Excelent, Superb performances of all the characters, specially the lovely couple of mismatched man and woman and the little boy that keeps interfering in their romance once and again.
Kidman was funny, gracious, and romantic. And Drover, oh Drover! so tall and handsome and rugged! Beautiful man! Beautiful torso! And good actor.
I wish it hadn't finished when it did, I wanted more and more story. I watch this movie On Demand before it ends, I Tivo recorded it and I will buy the DVD.
I recommend this movie to all, it's not a chick movie, its a movie for everybody!
Watch it, folks!

OK
2009-11-24 - HUGH JACKMAN IS A VERY GOOD LOOKING GUY AND A GOOD ACTOR NICOLE IS AGOOD ACTRESS - I DON'T
THINK THIS MOVIE HAD ENOUGH GRIT OR GUMPTION FOR BOTH OF THESE CHARACTERS- NOT A SENSUAL
AFFAIR.

Australia - movie
2009-11-19 - Good movie, Longer than some but that gives it time to develop the story line and people.
Historically, very accurate.



Australia
2009-11-18 - My daughter has viewed this film and said it was very good. I will watch it over Christmas school break.