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Jindabyne (2007)

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Reviews Counted:93

Fresh:61

Rotten:32

Average Rating:6.5/10

Consensus: Jindabyne's disparate themes may not quite cohere, but the film features fine performances from Linney and Byrne.

Rated: 15 [See Full Rating] for disturbing images, language and some nudity.

Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:25-05-2007

Synopsis: On an annual fishing trip, in isolated high country, Stewart, Carl, Rocco and Billy ('the Kid') find a girl's body in the river. It's too late in the day for them to hike back to the road and... On an annual fishing trip, in isolated high country, Stewart, Carl, Rocco and Billy ('the Kid') find a girl's body in the river. It's too late in the day for them to hike back to the road and report their tragic find. The next morning, instead of making the long trek back, they spend the day fishing. Their decision to stay on at the river is a little mysterious — almost as if the place itself is exerting some kind of magic over them. When the men finally return home to Jindabyne, and report finding the body, all hell breaks loose. Their wives can't understand how they could have gone fishing with the dead girl right there in the water — she needed their help. The men are confused — the girl was already dead, there was nothing they could do for her. Stewart's wife Claire is the last to know. As details filter out, and Stewart resists talking about what has happened, she is unnerved. There is a callousness about all of this which disturbs her deeply. Stewart is not convinced that he has done anything wrong. Claire's faith in her relationship with her husband is shaken to the core. The fishermen, their wives and their children are suddenly haunted by their own bad spirits. As public opinion builds against the actions of the men, their certainty about themselves and the decision they made at the river is challenged. They cannot undo what they have done. Only Claire understands that something fundamental is not being addressed. She wants to understand and tries to make things right. In her determination Claire sets herself not only against her own family and friends but also those of the dead girl. Her marriage is taken to the brink and her peaceful life with Stewart and their young son hangs in the balance. --© Sony Pictures Classics [More]

Starring: Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Deborra-Lee Furness, John Howard

Starring: Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Deborra-Lee Furness, John Howard, Leah Purcell, Stelios Yiakmis, Alice Garner, Simon Stone, Eva Lazarro, Sean Rees-Wemyss, Tatea Reilly, Betty Lucas, Chris Haywood

Director: Ray Lawrence

Director: Ray Lawrence
Screenwriter: Beatrix Christian
Story: Raymond Carver
Producer: Catherine Jarman
Composer: Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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Apart from a contrived ending, Jindabyne comes as close as can be to a perfect drama.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
06/12/07
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Channel 4 Film
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Impressively directed, thoroughly engaging drama with terrific performances and a superb script. This is one of the best films of the year.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
06/19/07
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

The movie is beautifully shot, and succeeds in being deeply disturbing and mysterious, with richly achieved nuances of characterisation. I have seen it two or three times now, and each time it gets better.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
06/02/07
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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A work of ambition and depth. Like Lantana, it is immaculately acted and Linney and Byrne are at their considerable best.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
06/02/07
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

Despite a glacial exterior, this fine film holds us in its relentless grip.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
03/17/07
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

A great idea is weighed down by an over-egged screenplay, but the setting and cast bring out its best.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
05/25/07
Sam Toy
Sam Toy
Empire Magazine
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[Director] Lawrence certainly knows how to bait his audience with intriguing characters.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
05/15/07
Stella Papamichael
Stella Papamichael
BBC
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The seamless overall blend of involving domestic turmoil and haunted national self-questioning is quite some achievement.

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05/24/07
Trevor Johnston
Trevor Johnston
Time Out
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This kind of maturity and intelligence is all too infrequent in mainstream cinema -- let’s hope it’s not another six years until [director] Lawrence’s next film.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
06/02/07
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]
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Lawrence ... manages to keep the material compelling throughout ... .

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
04/30/07
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

Most of the new ideas grow naturally enough out of the original material. But they almost invariably amplify Carver's bleak worldview, and in a film that runs for more than two hours, that adds up to an oppressive sit.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
04/27/07
Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
06/02/07
Brian Marder
Brian Marder
Hollywood.com

While it's most certainly not light viewing, and it's entirely devoid of 'Hollywood moments', this is a fine, intelligent, troubling film.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
10/03/07
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

powerful, unsettling

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
04/26/07
Chris Barsanti
Chris Barsanti
Filmcritic.com

Jindabyne is an eventful movie, but director Ray Lawrence gives the events a simple, plainspoken quality.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
05/17/07
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

It's hard not to admire the film's confidence in making the story its own, and Ms. Linney, a mix of iron will and emotional fragility, delivers her usual complex performance.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
05/11/07
Chris Vognar
Chris Vognar
Dallas Morning News

Thanks to Beatrix Christian’s beautiful screenplay, what was once a story about the way men and women communicate has grown into a haunting study of Australian race relations and gender dynamics.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
06/07/07
Cole Haddon
Cole Haddon
Orlando Weekly

Jindabyne uses Claire and Stewart's increasingly visible and vicious upset to get at broader social and political upsets.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
05/30/07
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

Jindabyne is not about just one murder but about the death by a thousand cuts that happens in its aftermath.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
06/14/07
Duane Dudek
Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Jindabyne wears its class politics lightly, weaving them into a ghost story about the intimate connection between how we treat our living and our dead that will hover around your shoulders long after you leave the theater.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
04/26/07
Ella Taylor
Ella Taylor
L.A. Weekly
 
 
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