The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Reviews
August 16, 2020
There's a lot to feast on here, and not least a ferociously resonant and emotionally potent epic set under the blazing Aussie sun.
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| Original Score: 4/5
August 11, 2020
Featuring a moving and underrated performance from the underappreciated Tommy Lewis, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith hits on a variety of troubling social injustices.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
May 4, 2020
A richly rewarding film, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is a not-to-be-missed treasure.
August 23, 2019
When the moment of violence arrives, abruptly, at the half-way point, it does so in flurry of handheld camerawork, striking sound design and stark symbolism.
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| Original Score: 4/5
August 24, 2015
The movie is gorgeous pure filmmaking even when we wince at the violence - and we do, because Schepisi doesn't present it as cathartic or exciting.
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| Original Score: 5/5
June 10, 2014
A powerful unsettling film about racism in Australia in 1900.
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| Original Score: B+
December 22, 2012
Original Score: A-
December 28, 2008
Schepisi directs with an immediate energy and crisp cutting that reminded me of films like The Harder They Come (1972).
October 31, 2008
A powerful and confronting story: one of the most significant films of the 1970s film renaissance in Australia
July 21, 2006
One of the greatest films to come from Australia.
Original Score: 5/5