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Dirt Music

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Dirt Music

2019

1h 45m

Romance

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A woman falls in love with a mysterious loner who's haunted by a tragic accident from the past.

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As beautifully filmed as it is emotionally hollow, Dirt Music goes digging for romance but only buries the audience in mounds of melodrama.

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Linda Marric

The Jewish Chronicle

Risibly far-fetched, contrived and unoriginal.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 15, 2021

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Stephen Romei

The Australian

He's not an impossible author to film, but a challenging one to translate from page to screen.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 7, 2020

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

While it plays out against the glories of the Dampier Peninsula, the splendors of the backdrop can't make up for the fact events in the foreground are failing to make sense.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 7, 2020

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Cris Kennedy

The Canberra Times (Australia)

Garrett Hedlund looks like a fourth Hemsworth, sun-bleached hair and dreamy eyes. He has the harder role, skirting between misery and a deeper layer of misery.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 17, 2022

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Dan Bayer

Next Best Picture

A beautiful bore.

Rated: 3/10

May 13, 2022

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Audrey Fox

JumpCut Online

Dirt Music has few pleasures to recommend it, and even with a relatively lean running time of an hour and 45 minutes, it limps to an unexciting conclusion with the pace of an injured snail.

Aug 28, 2021

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Laura H

Looks beautiful. I've not read the book but the story unfolds nicely. the ending is implausible and i found it frustrating and the final scenes dragged. The female lead character isn't likeable and her character doesn't develop or grow, unlike some of the others. Which left me thinking what was the point.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/04/24

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Audience Member

The acting is wooden and the plot garbled, losing much of the nuance of the book

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

Slow, dull and a real shame given the cast.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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farah r

It's beautifully shot but ultimately dull and uninteresting. The story isn't deep or impactful in any way and none of the characters grow by the end. Not sure what the point of this film was.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Faithful and beautiful adaptation of Tim Winton's emotional novel, excellent performances by all three main characters and just a joy to watch. Gripping from the first scene. No guns violence or special effects, a film about love loss and families. An Australian classic.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Audience Member

It was great cinematography and acting. Loved it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Synopsis

A woman falls in love with a mysterious loner who's haunted by a tragic accident from the past.

Director: Gregor Jordan
Producer: Finola Dwyer, Angie Fielder, Amanda Posey, Polly Staniford
Screenwriter: Jack Thorne
Production Co: Pelgo Films, Wildgaze Films, Aquarius Films, Film4
Genre: Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 17, 2020
Runtime: 1h 45m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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