Film2018113 min

Sweet Country

Name: Sweet Country
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Released: 2018
Duration: 113 min
Cast: Hamilton Morris, Bryan Brown, Sam Neill, Thomas M. Wright, Ewen Leslie

Taste attributes: dramahistorywesternhistoricaladventurecrimeslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelineargrittyemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfighting evilinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesocial commentary

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"Justice itself is put on trial"

Boxlist takeA serious, grounded western: morally murky and slow-paced. Best if you like depth over escapism.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: very linear · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.6 /10

TMDB · 127 votes

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What lines up

Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it

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Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

It’s 1929 on the vast, desert-like, Eastern Arrernte Nation lands that are now known as the Central Australian outback. Sam Kelly, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works the land of a kind preacher, Fred Smith. After an ill-tempered bully arrives in town and Kelly kills him in self-defence, he and his wife go on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.

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