- Overall: Beautiful touching story with strong female roles. Very interesting and entertaining, full of surprises.
- Who is it for? Anyone, unless you require pervasive action.
- Synopsis & information: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2910904/
- Known actors: Kate Winslet, Hugo Weaving and Liam Hemsworth.
- Setting: 1950s rural Australia.
- Style: It's going back to where you came from to show off mixed with the discovering the past.
- Pacing: A very human scale. You slowly get more and more interested until by the end you're completely engrossed.
- Intro: Excellent patchwork of scenes until you get the proper introduction.
- Story: This is more than just a homecoming, there are several secrets to discover and the script is full of surprises and very unusual turns. Incredible emotional realism.
- Ending: Fitting. Excellent. Loved it.
- Dialogs: Build with great care.
- Characters: Great depth and color. The leading man is the only present stereotype.
- Acting: Powerful. Loved Kate Winslet, but was really impressed by Hugo Weaving.
- Visuals: Beautiful and complex, full of details.
- Costumes: Incredible. Loved them.
- Afterthoughts: Great movie. Extremely satisfied with my choice. I recommend it to everyone. I can't believe it took it a year to get from Australia to our theaters.
I've decided to simply go for a score without any review. Maybe I'll start again doing full reviews someday.