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Bran Nue Dae
The movie tells the story of the coming of age of an Aboriginal Australian teenager on a road trip in the late 1960s. After being punished for an act of youthful rebellion, he runs away from the mission on a journey that ultimately leads him back home.
15 March 1982, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
19 August 1983, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
12 April 1961, Liverpool, England, UK
October 29, 2010
It's a Bran Nue Dae for Australian comedy. Enjoyable and satirical; a pleasant surprise.September 24, 2010
Comes off as "Moulin Rouge" at half speed, which is more of a compliment than you might imagine.September 30, 2010
Out of left field and Down Under comes Rachel Perkins' musical to surprise viewers, as if a stranger burst into a well-orchestrated song in conversation.February 01, 2013
Cute and deliciously off-kilter.October 21, 2010
Bran Nue Dae is so spectacularly cheerful and effervescent it has successfully wrestled my practical criticisms and deemed them irrelevant.September 23, 2010
Bran Nue Dae is an infectiously joyful Australian Aboriginal musical.December 29, 2011
The quirkiest musical I've ever seen, and despite its flaws I enjoyed it.September 24, 2010
The film is uneven but in a kind of sweet, earnest way.September 22, 2010
Soon, whenever someone launches into a song, you roll your eyes and hope the tune is a short one.September 13, 2010
Geoffrey Rush chews so much scenery that he looks ready to burst.September 23, 2010
The bright colors and vibrant backgrounds ... go a long way in distracting from shortcomings in the story and style of this offhand hybrid.September 24, 2010
You have to wonder about the film's almost complete portrayal of Aborigines as dim-witted dunderers, dancing fools, thieves and drunks. Whites fare no better. Does the film explode stereotypes, or reinforce them?