Australia

Australia was one of the first movies to be released for the fall, when the "so-called" serious, Oscar-worthy films come out. The movie has been heavily promoted and you probably know something of the basic plot already. In short, a proper English lady (Nicole Kidman) travels to Australia to save her murdered husband's cattle ranch, with the help from The Drover (Hugh Jackman). There are the usual bad guys who are out to sabotage her efforts for their own financial gain, and of course Nicole and Hugh find love in spite of all their differences. The movie was slow to get started and did get better as it went along, although never to the point where it really was engrossing. It's a long film (2 Hours, 45 Minutes), and a movie this long had better suck you in.....it didn't.

Rating - 2 Stars