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Jindabyne (2007)

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Reviews Counted:93

Fresh:61

Rotten:32

Average Rating:6.5/10

Consensus: Jindabyne's disparate themes may not quite cohere, but the film features fine performances from Linney and Byrne.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for disturbing images, language and some nudity.

Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Apr 27, 2007 Limited

Box Office: $224,114

Synopsis: On an annual fishing trip, in isolated high country, Stewart, Carl, Rocco and Billy ('the Kid') find a girl's body in the river. It's too late in the day for them to hike back to the road and... On an annual fishing trip, in isolated high country, Stewart, Carl, Rocco and Billy ('the Kid') find a girl's body in the river. It's too late in the day for them to hike back to the road and report their tragic find. The next morning, instead of making the long trek back, they spend the day fishing. Their decision to stay on at the river is a little mysterious — almost as if the place itself is exerting some kind of magic over them. When the men finally return home to Jindabyne, and report finding the body, all hell breaks loose. Their wives can't understand how they could have gone fishing with the dead girl right there in the water — she needed their help. The men are confused — the girl was already dead, there was nothing they could do for her. Stewart's wife Claire is the last to know. As details filter out, and Stewart resists talking about what has happened, she is unnerved. There is a callousness about all of this which disturbs her deeply. Stewart is not convinced that he has done anything wrong. Claire's faith in her relationship with her husband is shaken to the core. The fishermen, their wives and their children are suddenly haunted by their own bad spirits. As public opinion builds against the actions of the men, their certainty about themselves and the decision they made at the river is challenged. They cannot undo what they have done. Only Claire understands that something fundamental is not being addressed. She wants to understand and tries to make things right. In her determination Claire sets herself not only against her own family and friends but also those of the dead girl. Her marriage is taken to the brink and her peaceful life with Stewart and their young son hangs in the balance. --© Sony Pictures Classics [More]

Starring: Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Deborra-Lee Furness, John Howard

Starring: Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Deborra-Lee Furness, John Howard, Leah Purcell, Stelios Yiakmis, Alice Garner, Simon Stone, Eva Lazarro, Sean Rees-Wemyss, Tatea Reilly, Betty Lucas, Chris Haywood

Director: Ray Lawrence

Director: Ray Lawrence
Screenwriter: Beatrix Christian
Story: Raymond Carver
Producer: Catherine Jarman
Composer: Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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04/23/09
Tom Meek
Tom Meek
Boston Phoenix

It’s not just that the clean, efficient lines of Carver’s story are blurred and tangled. The real flaw is that the movie’s best features -- the aching clarity of its central performances - threaten to be lost in a wilderness of metaphor and mystification.

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04/27/07
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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Throughout Jindabyne, I felt completely creeped out. From the disturbing opening to images of children killing animals, adults abusing each other, and a corpse, the viewing experience was unpleasant.

Full Review Source: Sympatico.ca | comment Comment
05/11/07
Angela Baldassarre
Angela Baldassarre
Sympatico.ca

The frustration here is that none of this leads anywhere. Perhaps that is the point, that some mysteries are never solved, but Jindabyne could give us a little more to work with.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
06/07/07
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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Scene by scene, Jindabyne has dramatic force, but it’s an awfully long slog. Carver’s smartest tactic was never outstaying his welcome.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
04/23/07
David Edelstein
David Edelstein
New York Magazine
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Jindabyne ends up shushing itself out of any emotional wallop. Restraint is a necessity if you’re trying to express Carver’s singular voice, but there’s a difference between being quietly devastating and muting your narrative to death.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
04/28/07
David Fear
David Fear
Time Out New York

...generally comes off as an overwrought and flat-out silly piece of work.

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
09/11/06
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Clearly, in his bid to repurpose Carver's story, Lawrence misses the writer's prevailing ethos: the sense of self-contained internal misery and that haunting quality of being hopelessly human.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
05/25/07
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Could have been tightened up and shortened to be a much stronger film, and it's surprisingly unsatisfying as a whole.

Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | comment Comment
04/24/07
Edward Douglas
Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net

The director too often errs on the side of embellishing details that didn't need to be expanded upon.

Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | comment Comment
04/28/07
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
Premiere Magazine

Aussie filmmaker Ray Lawrence's debt to Robert Altman in his previous Lantana is made explicit in his new film Jindabyne.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
04/27/07
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
Slant Magazine

Easy to admire but considerably harder to enjoy.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
05/11/07
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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What could have been a solid, noirish thriller is bogged down by excessive incidents.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
04/12/07
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

Although Jindabyne's cinematography features sweeping scenes of the Australian countryside as stunning as any of those opening shots from Brokeback Mountain, it ultimately has some bigger issues.

Full Review Source: ReelzChannel.com | comment Comment
08/25/08
Heather Huntington
Heather Huntington
ReelzChannel.com

A soberly, if sluggishly, crafted movie in which the bitterness never stops.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
04/24/07
J. Hoberman
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
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For all its roiling tensions, Jindabyne is an oddly antiseptic, even repressed, experience.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
04/26/07
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday
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So slow, cold and aloof that it's almost off-putting. As a result, it's hard to care much about what happens to any of these characters.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
06/07/07
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Lawrence and Christian have the luxury of more time to explore [the story], but instead they merely add several external, superficial elements that misunderstand and circumvent the story's center.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/10/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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