This is a really good film, great cast, great locations, great cinematography and has everything going for it, especially the story telling. Kitty Green is a great story-teller unlike all these arty-farty people trying to tell stories in Australia. Her last film - The Assistant was a abysmal and was so boring, but this is a great follow-up. Even though I hate when Aussie filmmakers make the lead an American - that is an insult and we know you're doing it to get the funding, but it works with this story as its based on the real documentary. Overall, the film works well and is truly entertaining. There are some execution problems as well as plausibility issues when you have a lead character is potential danger and you don't fully flesh it out and realize it, its like your almost on the edge of your seat and then your back on your seat so quickly that the danger that could have happened - was over so quickly you didn't give the audience time to take it in, you didn't let the danger get there, just a glimpse of it and then nothing. I want to be entertainment by giving my senses an extravaganza of emotions manipulated. Overall, I enjoyed the film and it a good watch, nothing to call home about but from an Aussie film perspective it has my vote.
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