Metacritic Movie Ratings
Australia Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 80

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  Defies all but the most cynical not to get carried away by the force of its grandiose imagery and storytelling.

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• 75

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  It is exuberantly old-fashioned, and I mean that as a compliment.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  If you are willing to take the plunge and view things through Luhrmann's prism, "Australia" does deliver the classic dramatic and romantic satisfactions its ambitious advertising campaign promises.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  A testament to movie love at its most devout, cinematic spectacle at its most extreme, and kitsch as an act of aesthetic communion.

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• 70

  out of 100

  VarietyTodd McCarthy

  Deliberately anachronistic in its heightened style of romance, villainy and destiny, the epic lays an Aussie accent on colorful motifs drawn from Hollywood Westerns, war films, love stories and socially conscious dramas. Some of it plays, some doesn't, and it is long.

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• 50

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Like the last two "Pirates" movies, Australia is ambitious more than awe-inspiring, grandiose rather than grand, full of spectacle but not spectacular.

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• 42

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  Long before the second hour of Australia (which feels like the fifth), it's clear that Luhrmann hasn't found a satisfactory way to make a movie nearly as ballsy -- or coherent -- as he wants his creation to be.

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