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Movie Info

Director:

Kriv Stenders

Cast & Crew

Burgess Abernethy

Will Allen (XXII)

Elias Anton

Shaun Barry (IV)

Kriv Stenders
Director

Critic Reviews for Australia Day

All Critics (15) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (7)

Australia Day is a few cans short of a barbecue.

September 22, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald
Run Lola Run meets Gran Torino; breathtakingly fast-moving, a very well-made thriller.

September 22, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

David Stratton
The Australian
[Bryan] Brown uses his capacity for stillness with great effect, to suggest weight in his character.

September 20, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Paul Byrnes
The Age (Australia)
It holds a mirror up to contemporary Australian society and offers those unfamiliar with its tensions a relatively factual dramatic experience.

July 4, 2017 | Full Review…

Eddie Cockrell
Variety
A story with plenty of sparks and no fire.

June 13, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Luke Buckmaster
Guardian
Australia Day doesn't feel like it's a film that's actually got anything constructive to say. It wants to present a broken society by holding a mirror up to what's going on, ... but the mirror is shattered.

April 4, 2020 | Full Review…

Andrew F. Peirce
The Curb
Taking one of the most loaded terms in Australian history as its titular provocation, Australia Day asks us to think about what one might be running towards - and whether ineffective systemic management of inbred injustice can amount to anything more...

January 24, 2019 | Full Review…

Tara Judah
Desist Film
This is a busy film... perhaps too much so. I like things "thick and fast" but with so many storylines, there's not a lot of time to question the actions of these characters.

October 23, 2017 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

Matthew Toomey
ABC Radio Brisbane
Australia Day is a gruelling journey through the streets of Brisbane and subterranean national prejudices, but it does have a lot of heart and features some excellent performances.

September 22, 2017 | Full Review…

David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
Adelaide Review
The darker side of human nature and of the Australian character get a searing going over in this outstanding, topical, compelling drama designed to make you feel and think deeper about the underside of Australian life. Superbly directed by Kriv Stenders.

September 22, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Jim Schembri
3AW
Initially, the story is carried along by the momentum of its characters. But when they run out of steam, so does the screenplay.

September 20, 2017 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Vicky Roach
Daily Telegraph (Australia)
A big, broiling stew of complex thought, Australia Day is a provocative, intelligent film that dares to pick, probe and ask a lot of burning questions.

September 11, 2017 | Full Review…

Erin Free
FILMINK (Australia)