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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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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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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

Thanks to Beatrix Christian’s beautiful screenplay, what was once a story about the way men and women communicate has grown into a haunting study of Australian race relations and gender dynamics.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
06/07/07
Cole Haddon
Cole Haddon
Orlando Weekly

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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
06/02/07
Brian Marder
Brian Marder
Hollywood.com

The movie is beautifully shot, and succeeds in being deeply disturbing and mysterious, with richly achieved nuances of characterisation. I have seen it two or three times now, and each time it gets better.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
06/02/07
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

A work of ambition and depth. Like Lantana, it is immaculately acted and Linney and Byrne are at their considerable best.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
06/02/07
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

This kind of maturity and intelligence is all too infrequent in mainstream cinema -- let’s hope it’s not another six years until [director] Lawrence’s next film.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
06/02/07
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]

Jindabyne loses its general sense of direction.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
06/01/07
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

With its cold brilliance and delicate aloofness, this is a movie you can hold aloft to recognize and examine its many intellectual facets in hard light, but it will never make you feel anything.

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
06/01/07
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

Jindabyne uses Claire and Stewart's increasingly visible and vicious upset to get at broader social and political upsets.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
05/30/07
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

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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The solid performances and central conflict keep the film consistently, if not constantly, compelling.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
05/25/07
Marc Mohan
Marc Mohan
Oregonian

A great idea is weighed down by an over-egged screenplay, but the setting and cast bring out its best.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
05/25/07
Sam Toy
Sam Toy
Empire Magazine

The seamless overall blend of involving domestic turmoil and haunted national self-questioning is quite some achievement.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
05/24/07
Trevor Johnston
Trevor Johnston
Time Out

An affecting character study, anchored by scraped-bare and often heartbreaking performances by Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
05/18/07
Moira MacDonald
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

A rich, unsettling film that gives us insight into all sides and forces us to wrestle with conscience and our own brand of right and wrong. It polarizes us to make us united.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
05/18/07
Paula Nechak
Paula Nechak
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

[Director] Lawrence's compelling little film pursues a deep question: why people make the choices that they do - and how they then live with those decisions, right or wrong, weak or strong.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
05/18/07
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer

The resolution Jindabyne eventually offers feels small and safe. The movie goes out with a whimper.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
05/18/07
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe

Jindabyne is an eventful movie, but director Ray Lawrence gives the events a simple, plainspoken quality.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
05/17/07
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

[Director] Lawrence certainly knows how to bait his audience with intriguing characters.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
05/15/07
Stella Papamichael
Stella Papamichael
BBC
 
 
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