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User Rating:
5.8/10   149 votes
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Director:
Jonathan Ogilvie
Writer:
Jonathan Ogilvie (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
18 September 2008 (Australia) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance more
Plot:
The story is about Iris' rise to the apex of a love/power triangle that includes her roguish English lover, McHeath and Art, an earnest young boxer. Within the flawed moral landscape, each character struggles to establish their sovereignty. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 5 nominations more
User Comments:
understated small story with top end production more (7 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Rose Byrne ... Iris

Hugo Weaving ... McHeath
Matthew Le Nevez ... Art

Pia Miranda ... Daisy
Luke Carroll ... Alby
John Batchelor ... Ronnie

Tyler Coppin ... Donnie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Don Bridges ... Greyhound Eddie
Jarrah Cocks ... Chaff Stick Pocker
Brendan Guerin ... Mike Flynn

Kuni Hashimoto ... Hackett
Andrew Nolte ... Musician
Mark Rayner ... Delaney
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Additional Details

Country:
Australia
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour
Certification:
Australia:M
Company:
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understated small story with top end production, 31 May 2009
7/10
Author: rob o'cop from New Zealand

Ogilvie's big movie shows his exceptional craft in film making. The visuals alone are stunning, combined with top end editing, sets, and sound. The support players were almost better than the stars. the movie is flawed in other areas, a couple of slightly off performances noticeably from Hugo Weaving (what accent was he going for?) and Nevez (unconvinced of why we should care about him), and the story was so low key "small time crooks" that maybe the production values were just too good for it. Weaving was a little unconvincing as a tough guy although he could easily pull off scary. The violent scenes conflicted with him being a reasonably nice guy to his gf and taking sh!t from his underlings.

It's hard to know exactly why it didn't blow minds, but it certainly didn't blow. Some great lines and ideas going down in the script. Ogilvie shows class and control, craft and art, and I'd like to see where he goes next. Most definitely an art film rather than a big budget affair but with the look and feel it alludes to much more.

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