Kangaroo 2018

Kangaroo

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Movie Info

Australia has a love-hate relationship with its beloved icon. Although the kangaroo image is proudly used by top companies, sports teams and as tourist souvenirs, some people consider kangaroos to be pests, and they shoot and sell them for profit.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Kate McIntyre Clere, Michael McIntyre
Release Date (Theaters):

Jan 19, 2018 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

May 26, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA):

$2.6K
Runtime:

1h 43m

Cast & Crew

Terri Irwin

Kate McIntyre Clere
Director

Michael McIntyre
Director

Kate McIntyre Clere
Writer

Michael McIntyre
Writer

Michael McIntyre
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Critic Reviews for Kangaroo

All Critics (18) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (4)

It's not necessary to believe every claim in the film, which inclines towards an animal liberation stance, but there's enough to make you weep for this unique species.

March 14, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald
The filmmakers talk to people on both sides of the argument, and people who are in-between. Everyone gets a fair say.

March 9, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Stephen Romei
The Australian
Turns out Australia's national icon is one mightily maligned marsupial, as revealed by the eye-opening investigative documentary "Kangaroo: A Love-Hate Story."

January 18, 2018 | Full Review…

Michael Rechtshaffen
Los Angeles Times
The filmmakers are determined to sound a wake-up siren, and they blast it here with extra strength.

January 18, 2018 | Full Review…

Ken Jaworowski
New York Times
Has the potential to help bring kangaroo welfare and management into much sharper focus in Australia and internationally.

January 18, 2018 | Full Review…

Richard Kuipers
Variety
Though a brutal watch, I recommend Kangaroo. In 99 minutes, it swiftly acquaints international audiences with the complexity of this issue.

January 17, 2018 | Full Review…

Kristy Puchko
Pajiba
Balanced it is not, but Kangaroo: A Love-Hate Story proves to be a bluntly effective, in a pry-your-eyes-open-with-a-crowbar kind of way, piece of animal welfare advocacy.

June 11, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Aaron Yap
Flicks.co.nz
The film has already stirred much heat and noise, with the filmmakers swearing black-and-blue that they've nailed their research while farmers call in to talkback radio complaining how their paddocks are overrun with roos.

March 18, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Jim Schembri
3AW
Eye-opening, revelatory, at times jaw-dropping, and a call to action.

March 15, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

CJ Johnson
Film Mafia
A substandard documentary on our nation's complicated relationship with the kangaroo disappoints on several levels.

March 14, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Leigh Paatsch
Herald Sun (Australia)
Like The Cove or Blackfish, Kangaroo is a muckraking work that advocates a clear position for better management and treatment of Australia's kangaroos.

January 31, 2018 | Full Review…

Al Hoff
Pittsburgh City Paper
This movie tells us to beware and to be afraid, lest these magnificent creatures go the way of the Dodo.

January 24, 2018 | Full Review…

Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Hammer to Nail