Picnic at Hanging Rock
Taste attributes: dramamysteryteenholidaysfresh & originalrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationshipsolving the riddle/not as it seems
"On St. Valentine's Day in 1900 a party of schoolgirls set out to picnic at Hanging Rock ... Some were never to return."
Boxlist takeA contained, grounded mystery: moving and fresh. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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What lines up
- Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
- Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
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Synopsis
In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.
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- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 1975
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Australian Film Commission
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
