Newcastle

2008

1h 47m

Drama

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61%

18 Reviews

Tomatometer

50%

500+ Ratings

Audience Score

After he's barred from the surfing team, a teen (Lachlan Buchanan) takes his friends on a trip to a remote beach for fun in the sun.

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It Holds Emotional Loss & Damaged Family Pride At It's Core, So While There Is Heaps Of Material There To Work With, The Punches It Packs Don't Hit Very Hard. The Acting I Think Is To Blame Overall, It Is Dry & Uncommitted With Some Scenes Getting There, Kinda, But Most Others Being Run-Of-The-Mill TV-Soap Style.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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a touching and as beautifully shot film

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Burgeoning sexuality, fraternal squabbles, daddy issues and class status are amongst the themes thrown at this Aussie surf movie, but nothing really sticks to the flimsy plot. The spectacular surfing footage and the hot surfer dude cast are the only impressive things here. I wouldn't bother.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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loved it, great location you can taste the seawater the cinematography is so good

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/24/18

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Beautifully shot with a real industrial ocean backdrop than Summer Bay. The film never loses pace and is a credit to the cast as can be quite gritty in parts. Some reviews have said it is difficult to understand the accents, but I never had a problem, perhaps a lifetime of Neighbours and Home and Away helped. I don't want to spoil the end but it's not what you expect and almost feel a yearning for part 2.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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(***): [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] A good coming-of-age film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Dan Castle

Director

Lachlan Buchanan

Jesse

Xavier Samuel

Fergus

Reshad Strik

Victor

Anthony Hayes

Danny

Shane Jacobson

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Tom Keogh

Seattle Times

A glum and slack family drama, Newcastle is punctuated by bright bursts of dreamy surfing images, but not enough to make the film rewarding.

Rated: 1.5/4

May 7, 2009

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

A beautiful film, charged with energy and sensitivity.

Rated: 4/5

May 1, 2009

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Evan Williams

The Australian

It is deflating to realise that even when doing what they love best, these characters are less than real.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 14, 2008

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Don Groves

sbs.com.au

Teen surfing drama is a wipe-out.

Rated: 1.5/5

Dec 31, 2010

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Don Willmott

Filmcritic.com

a bit like Endless Summer meets The Karate Kid

Rated: 3.5/5

Jun 12, 2009

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Chuck Wilson

L.A. Weekly

Slightly overlong but visually striking.

Apr 30, 2009

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Synopsis

After he's barred from the surfing team, a teen (Lachlan Buchanan) takes his friends on a trip to a remote beach for fun in the sun.

Director: Dan Castle
Producer: Nick Carpenter, Megumi Fukasawa, Charles Hannah, Satoru Iseki
Screenwriter: Dan Castle
Production Co: Wolfe Video
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 21, 2016
Runtime: 1h 47m