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A Cry in the Dark

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A Cry in the Dark (1988)

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Reviews Counted: 20 Fresh: 18  Rotten:2 Average Rating: 6.6/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins

Synopsis: Meryl Streep and Sam Neill star in this documentary style film adaptation of the true story of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain, an Australian couple who lived the nightmare of losing their infant daughter during a family camping trip. When Lindy (Streep) spies a dingo nearby, authorities... Meryl Streep and Sam Neill star in this documentary style film adaptation of the true story of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain, an Australian couple who lived the nightmare of losing their infant daughter during a family camping trip. When Lindy (Streep) spies a dingo nearby, authorities launch a frantic search, but all they find is a torn, bloodied garment. The press, distressed by the mother's seeming "lack of emotion," and suspicious of her strict Seventh Day Adventist religious beliefs, begin to accuse her of murdering the baby. The sentiment against her begins to grow, and soon the whole continent is talking about the case in a malicious witch hunt. Despite the lack of evidence, Lindy Chamberlain is imprisoned; although investigators eventually reexamine her story, the damage is done: the innocent mother's relationship with her husband has been irreparably destroyed and she has spent over three years in prison for a crime she did not commit. This painful portrayal of the power of public opinion and political and emotional persecution is captured with steely intensity by Streep, she is captivating as the much-maligned victim of social injustice who is bolstered by her strong religious faith and stoic demeanor. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Bruce Myles, Charles Tingwell, Nick Tate

Director: Fred Schepisi
Screenwriter: Fred Schepisi
Producer: Verity Lambert
Composer: Bruce Smeaton

DVD Info

Release:

Nov 30, 1999

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case

Additioanl Release Material:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Access
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • English & French Subtitles

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Michael Szymanski
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3/5

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06/30/05
Emanuel Levy
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3/5

Admirably off-putting performance by Streep in a reasonably involving Australian court drama.

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09/25/04
Nick Davis
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08/30/04
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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Remarkably even-handed; Streep's much-touted performance distracts.

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07/08/04
Jake Euker
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04/30/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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04/06/04
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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3/5

Streep is a sensation....haunting stuff

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03/04/04
Clint Morris
Moviehole
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09/19/03
Rebecca Murray
About.com
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08/21/03
John Esther
Pasadena Weekly
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07/30/03
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06/08/03
Walter Chaw
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05/23/03
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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'Set in Australia, a couple is hurled into the media spotlight, unsuspecting of its power to twist the truth overnight. Streep proves she is a towering inferno of an actress.'

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04/23/03
Moira Sullivan
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Another in the endless stream of self-conscious Streepian dialect dramas.

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04/21/03
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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Streep and Schepisi save it from being TV-movie material.

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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
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A gripping docudrama about one of the most controversial murder cases in Australian history.

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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04/17/01
Almar Haflidason
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