Bran Nue Dae
The movie tells the story of the coming of age of an Aboriginal Australian teenager on a road trip in the late 1960s. After being punished for an act of youthful rebellion, he runs away from the mission on a journey that ultimately leads him back home.
4 August 1989, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
14 July 1972, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
15 March 1982, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
October 29, 2010
It's a Bran Nue Dae for Australian comedy. Enjoyable and satirical; a pleasant surprise.September 24, 2010
You have to wonder about the film's almost complete portrayal of Aborigines as dim-witted dunderers, dancing fools, thieves and drunks. Whites fare no better. Does the film explode stereotypes, or reinforce them?September 13, 2010
Geoffrey Rush chews so much scenery that he looks ready to burst.October 21, 2010
Bran Nue Dae is so spectacularly cheerful and effervescent it has successfully wrestled my practical criticisms and deemed them irrelevant.February 01, 2013
Cute and deliciously off-kilter.September 24, 2010
The film is uneven but in a kind of sweet, earnest way.September 23, 2010
The bright colors and vibrant backgrounds ... go a long way in distracting from shortcomings in the story and style of this offhand hybrid.December 29, 2011
The quirkiest musical I've ever seen, and despite its flaws I enjoyed it.September 24, 2010
Comes off as "Moulin Rouge" at half speed, which is more of a compliment than you might imagine.September 22, 2010
Soon, whenever someone launches into a song, you roll your eyes and hope the tune is a short one.September 30, 2010
Out of left field and Down Under comes Rachel Perkins' musical to surprise viewers, as if a stranger burst into a well-orchestrated song in conversation.September 23, 2010
Bran Nue Dae is an infectiously joyful Australian Aboriginal musical.