There's lots of talk about kharma without mentioning the word, and a major theological debate on transmigration of souls, which surprisingly, isn't boring at all.
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05/14/07
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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.
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... [More]
Starring: Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Deborra-Lee Furness, John Howard
Director: Ray Lawrence
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Reviews for Jindabyne
The film's sensitive treatment of the domestic issues at the center of the story goes far to make up for the more problematic passages.
05/13/07
Easy to admire but considerably harder to enjoy.
05/11/07
Top CriticIntelligent, superbly acted and finely observed, but Jindabyne suffers from too many extraneous elements and from a story that doesn't land with enough force or purpose.
05/11/07
Top CriticA slow, complex tale about how people live together, and about the rituals and relationships that constitute community.
05/11/07
It's hard not to admire the film's confidence in making the story its own, and Ms. Linney, a mix of iron will and emotional fragility, delivers her usual complex performance.
05/11/07
Top CriticThroughout 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.
05/11/07
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.
05/10/07
There are no easy answers in the film and it provides a welcome relief from the horror and action films that are filling the multiplexes. Jindabyne tackles adult topics in a subtle and intriguing manner.
05/07/07
Too many extraneous elements have been added but at the movie's center lies the knotty story of a marriage poisoned by amorality.
05/04/07
Though Linney is the standout, short-shrift should not be given to the rest of the cast, whose roles might be smaller but they're the ones who add a little color to this otherwise dreary vista.
05/04/07
The issues raised in Jindabyne %u2013 race hatred and prejudice and opposing those antisocial acts %u2013 resonate on a world level.
05/04/07
Jindabyne is wonderfully acted by Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne, two first-rate performers working close to the bone and concerned foremost with making an audience understand their characters, as opposed to merely liking them.
05/03/07
Top CriticShows that even in a supposedly 'tidy town,' people still experience things and make decisions that can only be justified by saying, 'Well, you had to be there.'
05/03/07
Lawrence ... manages to keep the material compelling throughout ... .
04/30/07
The director too often errs on the side of embellishing details that didn't need to be expanded upon.
04/28/07
Slow but mesmerizing.
04/28/07
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.
04/28/07
Jindabyne musters all the emotional momentum of a reflecting pool despite a solid cast and fertile premise.
04/27/07
Lawrence shows the ways in which such deep and often barely concealed gulfs between seemingly peacefully cohabitating peoples can suddenly reveal themselves during moments of public crisis.
04/27/07
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