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Bran Nue Dae

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Australia · 2009
Rated PG-13 · 1h 22m
Director Rachel Perkins
Starring Rocky McKenzie, Geoffrey Rush, Jessica Mauboy, Ernie Dingo
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance

An Aboriginal student on the west coast of Australia in the late '60s runs away from a Catholic boarding school after being punished for an act of youthful rebellion. With his cruel headmaster in hot pursuit, his journey ultimately leads him back home, meeting eccentric characters along the way.

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Chicago Reader by

As a drama this is rote, as a musical it's uninspired, and as a comedy it's adolescent; ultimately it's a mess, unsure what it wants to be.

70

Los Angeles Times by Betsy Sharkey

It's almost impossible not to be swept up by the exuberant fun of this singing, dancing, irony-laced ode to the repression, reeducation and resistance of Australia's indigenous tribal peoples circa 1969.

60

Time Out by David Fear

The movie will make you tap your toes; don't expect much for your head or your heartstrings.

50

Variety by Dennis Harvey

Offering blandly stereotypical characters in a trite road-trip narrative, it's genial but too silly for most grownups, and likely to impress few "High School Musical"-indoctrinated kids.

67

The A.V. Club by Noel Murray

The movie builds goodwill doggedly, and then pays it all off with a farcical finale with a rousing message: We're all Aborigines! Who knew?

63

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

It isn't a masterpiece, but it is a good-hearted, sweet comedy, featuring an overland chase that isn't original but sure is energetic.

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