Nitram

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Nitram

Released Mar 30, 2022

1h 52m

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Crime

Drama

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Nitram (Caleb Landry-Jones) lives with his mother (Judy Davis) and father (Anthony LaPaglia) in suburban Australia in the Mid 1990s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration at never being able to fit in. That is until he unexpectedly finds a close friend in a reclusive heiress, Helen (Essie Davis). However when that friendship meets its tragic end, and Nitram's loneliness and anger grow, he begins a slow descent into a nightmare that culminates in the most nihilistic and heinous of acts.

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Critics Consensus

Nitram asks viewers to face a gut-wrenchingly grim moment in Australian history -- but rewards that effort with a gripping, well-acted character study.

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Christina Newland

iNews.co.uk

A thoughtful and icy examination of the creation of a mass shooter.

Rated: 5/5

Sep 18, 2024

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Clarisse Loughrey

Independent (UK)

Nitram is a stark, difficult, but deeply reflective film that asks sincerely why we describe these crimes as incomprehensible at the very same time as we watch the same patterns unfold, again and again.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 5, 2022

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

[A] quietly harrowing drama...

Rated: 3/5

Jul 4, 2022

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Calum Cooper

In Their Own League

While poor mental health certainly isn’t an excuse for any kind of toxic action, let alone murder, it is saddening to see director Justin Kurzel, an otherwise gifted filmmaker, approach this matter in such a regressive manner.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 15, 2024

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Ross McIndoe

Vague Visages

The question of purpose still lingers, of what was achieved by reliving these crimes and humanizing the man who perpetrated them. But thanks to the sense of slow-motion horror that Jones and Kurzel create, Nitram remains a relentlessly intriguing film.

Jul 4, 2024

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...an exceedingly (and sometime excessively) deliberate character study that features, at its core, an often spellbinding performance by Jones...

Rated: 3.5/4

Dec 24, 2022

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nilufer e

I'm a bit ashamed to admit but I could've used a little violence rather than a soon to be killer person's lifespan. It was good but I'll soon forget about it. There was a certain intrigue, I liked that.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/06/25

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john b

I couldn't get a grip on the main charactor. Was he mentally challenged or mentally ill or both.? Why was the rich lady so attached to him? Worth watching, but disturbing and a bit confusing.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/14/25

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Charles T

Only leaving a review due to a review here from Diane. Calling Nitram a "psychopathic millennial"... Bryant was born in 1967... so dumb... guessing she's a yank.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/29/25

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Felix T

I don't know what everyone else was watching, but this was very boring. Choosing to do a character study of an irredeemable human is a strange choice; he is totally unlikable and nobody that was around that type of individual would be surprised that he shoots up a place.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/30/24

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Alec B

A subtle and disturbing character examination. Kurzel is not engaging in cheap sensationalism (evidenced by the fact that the Port Arthur massacre, while acknowledged by the movie, is not openly portrayed beyond its beginning) and while the movie's entire focus is on the perpetrator rather than the victims I think that is a legitimate choice as one can plainly see the repeated patterns in these cases that are too often ignored by authorities.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/24

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Laura B

There is nothing new in Kurzam's film, which attempts to approach the figure of the monster with a certain empathy. A monster lacking in love, with a castrating mother and condemned to ostracism by a society that rejects what is different. The underlying discussion is the same as always: whether or not to limit access to weapons, and how to guarantee a balance between individual and collective freedom.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/24

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Synopsis

Nitram (Caleb Landry-Jones) lives with his mother (Judy Davis) and father (Anthony LaPaglia) in suburban Australia in the Mid 1990s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration at never being able to fit in. That is until he unexpectedly finds a close friend in a reclusive heiress, Helen (Essie Davis). However when that friendship meets its tragic end, and Nitram's loneliness and anger grow, he begins a slow descent into a nightmare that culminates in the most nihilistic and heinous of acts.

Director: Justin Kurzel
Producer: Nick Batzias, Shaun Grant, Justin Kurzel, Virginia Whitwell
Screenwriter: Shaun Grant
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: GoodThing Productions, Melbourne International Film Festival
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: Australian English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 30, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 30, 2022
Runtime: 1h 52m

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