Australia

(Based on an advance preview:) This latest Baz Luhrmann film is set (strangely enough) in Australia, and covers the period of 1939-1941. At virtually 3 hours in length, it covers a wide-ranging scope of personal and historical stories. NICOLE KIDMAN plays... Full review

Even World War II could not sway corporate greed, the Catholic menace and a driven heart. It's a beautiful thing when the romance in a movie equally sways the emotions of men and women and Australia does just that. Lady Sarah... Full review

Here is a film that works on multiple levels; thrilling action adventure, detailed period piece, moving romance, stirring war movie, and it also continues the resurrection of the western. As a result, the sum of its vast parts make for a... Full review

Tourism Australia may have politely requested their inclusion, with hopes for a tourist revival riding on this $130 million Outback tale, along with what seems like the future of the entire local film industry. Despite some cringe-making Harlequin Romance moments between homegrown Hollywood stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, the 1940s-set "Australia" defies all but the most cynical not to get carried away by the force of its grandiose imagery and storytelling. ... Full Review

Yet even when he does slow down the pace (helping his 156 minutes feel like 468) and limits his splices to 8 per every 24 frames a second, he manages to find a way to take us even further out of Australia, a self-consciously bloated epic that wastes the talents of its stars and Lord knows how many millions of dollars. ... Full Review

The special effects are vivid and colourful and a scene involving a cattle stampede is downright exciting. Luhrmann loses his faith in the audience's ability to become emotionally involved in his story and hammers home every emotion with such ferocity that it's downright unpleasant. ... Full Review

If the answer to each of these questions is an unqualified "yes," then Baz Luhrmann's long-awaited epic "Australia" is likely to be right up your alley. The result is a mess and will likely be jeered off the screen by audiences trained to be suspicious of anything that has made it through the filmmaking process with some shred of an original personality still intact but it is such an audacious and foolhardy mess that I suspect that those moviegoers in the mood for something different may find themselves re ... Full Review

Three very talented Aussies got together to make Australia , a sweeping epic about their homeland, and each of their talents enthrall on screen. Yet while films such as Gone with the Wind or Titanic contain small subplots that move the overall story in the same direction, Australia 's small stories are so epic in their own right, I felt disconcerted by their embellishment. ... Full Review

Los Angeles (PTI): 'Australia' star Hugh Jackman, who plays a ranch hand in the film, might soon be seen on TV doing the tango if 'Dancing With the Stars' host Samantha Harris has her way. ... Full Article

Betting agencies Sportingbet and Centrebet have both decided Australia has no chance, and are offering no odds.It is a brutal assessment of the film that was supposed to be our nation's great hope. ... Full Article

The "Dancing with the Stars" host wants Hugh Jackman.Samantha Harris, the Dancing with the Stars host, wants Hugh Jackman. . . .Join the club, Samantha. ... Full Article

Argumento: Australia es la historia de Lady Sarah Ashley, una aristocrática mujer inglesa que deja Inglaterra para seguir a su marido a Australia. Él está en Australia con la intención de vender su rancho del tamaño de Bélgica. ... Full Article

'Australia' director Baz Luhrmann says his film are just a metaphor in the romantic epic and the movie is not about the country."It's not about Australia. ... Full Article