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Sweet Country

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An Aboriginal man from the Northern Territory goes on the run after he kills a white man in self-defence in the 1920s.

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Sweet Country makes brilliant use of the Australian outback as the setting for a hard-hitting story that satisfies as a character study as well as a sociopolitical statement.

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Karl Quinn The Age (Australia) 01/05/2019
Indigenous actor Hamilton Morris is quietly magnificent in his first screen role. Go to Full Review J.R. Kinnard Seattle Times 05/16/2018
3.5/4
Uncompromising, deliberate, and eerily beautiful, director Warwick Thornton's rugged Australian Western puts a new spin on an old story. Go to Full Review Alan Zilberman Washington Post 04/17/2018
4/4
If the movie's outlook is less than hopeful, it nevertheless suggests that there is still time to learn from our mistakes. Go to Full Review Joanne Laurier World Socialist Web Site 02/21/2021
The movie is a sincere work, with some remarkable performances, that centrally features Australia's parched, barren desert landscape. Go to Full Review James Croot The Post NZ 11/06/2020
5/5
From a beautiful, lyrical opening scene simply involving a dark bubbling pot and evocative audio to its devastating denouement, Warwick Thornton's Aussie western is a triumph of taut storytelling and visual flair. Go to Full Review Ernesto Diezmartinez Cine Vértigo 06/14/2019
2.5/4
The fourth feature by Australian filmmaker Thornton is not just the surprise of the week. It can even be the year, even though it has been released in our country with more than a year of delay. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Wiley C @RT34198700 02/09/2025 A Slooooow tedious movie.....Hard to follow the story line/plot. A number of illogical plot/story lines. Characters Unrelatable. Total Crap! See more Mark B @Mbindon 01/09/2025 The movie mostly works as a limited story. The acting is very good but the story did not totally grab me. It was ok overall. See more Sarah R @sassywilk 11/13/2023 Unwatchably slow. Nothing happens for entire minutes. It's like an ADHD test that no one can possible pass. Sam Neil, as always, is great as are the unknown actors but Bryan Brown is so over the top. Cringey. Trust me on this, I don't care what the critics say, this movie is a BORE See more isla s @RT89656869 09/03/2022 This is a bleak and harsh watch, with a very rural setting - a somewhat unforgiving one, you could say. There are plenty of scenes with little dialogue and when there is dialogue, most of it (not all but a lot) consists of shouting from white men towards the aborigines. I certainly felt sorry for the natives, the way they were (badly) treated - indeed it made me feel curious to learn more about them and their culture. The cinematography is pretty impressive and overall its a good watch, so I'd recommend it on that basis, as long as your ok with subtitles, as there are quite a lot of them, due to the Aboriginal language spoken by natives. See more júlio a @RT51210674 04/22/2022 Que filme pesado.....muito bem feito mas nadinha leve. Começa da discriminação dos negros....e vai.......é forte. See more 09/28/2021 Sweet Country is sometimes hard to watch. It is a realistic take on Australian life in the Outback. The ugly racism and violence against the Aboriginals portrays a country where the white man's word is law. Even so I loved this movie. The acting is superb. Hamilton Morris as Sam Kelly is brilliant. Bryan Brown who I loved In A Town Like Alice played a flawed and ruthless Australian Sergeant. Scenes of the Australian Outback are stunning. See more Read all reviews
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Warwick Thornton

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Bryan Brown

Sergeant Fletcher

Matt Day

Judge Taylor

Tremayne Doolan

Philomac

Anni Finsterer

Nell

Natassia Gorey Furber

Lizzie

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Synopsis An Aboriginal man from the Northern Territory goes on the run after he kills a white man in self-defence in the 1920s.
Director
Warwick Thornton
Producer
David Jowsey, Greer Simpkin
Screenwriter
David Tranter, Steven McGregor
Distributor
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co
Bunya Productions
Rating
R (Language Throughout|Bloody Images|Violence)
Genre
Western, History, Drama
Original Language
Australian English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 6, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 10, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$85.6K
Runtime
1h 53m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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