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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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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

There's lots of talk about kharma without mentioning the word, and a major theological debate on transmigration of souls, which surprisingly, isn't boring at all.

Full Review Source: Greenwich Village Gazette | comment Comment
05/14/07
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

The film's sensitive treatment of the domestic issues at the center of the story goes far to make up for the more problematic passages.

Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | comment Comment
05/13/07
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

Easy to admire but considerably harder to enjoy.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
05/11/07
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star

Intelligent, superbly acted and finely observed, but Jindabyne suffers from too many extraneous elements and from a story that doesn't land with enough force or purpose.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
05/11/07
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle

A slow, complex tale about how people live together, and about the rituals and relationships that constitute community.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
05/11/07
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

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

Throughout Jindabyne, I felt completely creeped out. From the disturbing opening to images of children killing animals, adults abusing each other, and a corpse, the viewing experience was unpleasant.

Full Review Source: Sympatico.ca | comment Comment
05/11/07
Angela Baldassarre
Angela Baldassarre
Sympatico.ca

Lawrence and Christian have the luxury of more time to explore [the story], but instead they merely add several external, superficial elements that misunderstand and circumvent the story's center.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/10/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

There are no easy answers in the film and it provides a welcome relief from the horror and action films that are filling the multiplexes. Jindabyne tackles adult topics in a subtle and intriguing manner.

Full Review Source: Murphy's Movie Reviews | comment Comment
05/07/07
Ted Murphy
Ted Murphy
Murphy's Movie Reviews

Too many extraneous elements have been added but at the movie's center lies the knotty story of a marriage poisoned by amorality.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
05/04/07
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader

Though Linney is the standout, short-shrift should not be given to the rest of the cast, whose roles might be smaller but they're the ones who add a little color to this otherwise dreary vista.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
05/04/07
Teresa Budasi
Teresa Budasi
Chicago Sun-Times
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The issues raised in Jindabyne %u2013 race hatred and prejudice and opposing those antisocial acts %u2013 resonate on a world level.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
05/04/07
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Jindabyne is wonderfully acted by Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne, two first-rate performers working close to the bone and concerned foremost with making an audience understand their characters, as opposed to merely liking them.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
05/03/07
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune

Shows that even in a supposedly 'tidy town,' people still experience things and make decisions that can only be justified by saying, 'Well, you had to be there.'

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
05/03/07
Matt Pais
Matt Pais
Metromix.com

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

The director too often errs on the side of embellishing details that didn't need to be expanded upon.

Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | comment Comment
04/28/07
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
Premiere Magazine

Slow but mesmerizing.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
04/28/07
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

Jindabyne ends up shushing itself out of any emotional wallop. Restraint is a necessity if you’re trying to express Carver’s singular voice, but there’s a difference between being quietly devastating and muting your narrative to death.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
04/28/07
David Fear
David Fear
Time Out New York

Jindabyne musters all the emotional momentum of a reflecting pool despite a solid cast and fertile premise.

Full Review Source: Reeler | comment Comment
04/27/07
Michelle Orange
Michelle Orange
Reeler
 
 
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