Thanks again Screen Australia and Screen NSW for always prooving that you back the wrong directors and stories. You tick boxes to make sure you include diversity but there is absolutely no substance at here. Its all political and has NO heart or EMOTION. If you want to tell a story to diverse people like myself - make sure you evoke an emotion. The director keeps hitting us over the head every 5-10 min with news, radio rhetoric that''s so overused that it becomes such a weak storytelling tool. This tells me hat there is no drive in the story. Girl goes missing, we dont care because we never met here in the beginning, we barley see her at her poetry reading but there is no character development. The poetry is the best thing about this film, its filmed well but nothing great about this. Don't believe the false reviews, when people say its a slow-burn, just know that means BORING and there is NO motivation, the brother (main character) cares nothing about his sister, no one can act in the film, they are all wooden. Rachel blake - is the most qualified here and Danielle Horvat with the readings.
The police are stereotyped into being racist. Main guy is emotionless, shows no layers at all, Rebecca Breeds tries but doesn't quite get there. This is in no way a film for cultural diversity, this is a pat on the head for a bunch of white people at Screen Australia. And why is it that Muslims always have to be aligned with terrorism, have you run out of stories to tell about Muslim-Aussies? What about showing Christian-Arabs and their stories, why is always that you chose the religions and cultures that seem exotic ? I cant believe how this was funded. Do you actually want to change people thru this film? If so show some emotion, move me, excite me, make me feel angry, or upset, make me laugh - most importantly - make me feel something - your film does non of that, instead its forced from a cultural and religious POV, with stereotyped characters. Bad Acting, bad story, bad motivation, GREAT poetry. That's it. And you wonder why Aussies hate their own films.
The police are stereotyped into being racist. Main guy is emotionless, shows no layers at all, Rebecca Breeds tries but doesn't quite get there. This is in no way a film for cultural diversity, this is a pat on the head for a bunch of white people at Screen Australia. And why is it that Muslims always have to be aligned with terrorism, have you run out of stories to tell about Muslim-Aussies? What about showing Christian-Arabs and their stories, why is always that you chose the religions and cultures that seem exotic ? I cant believe how this was funded. Do you actually want to change people thru this film? If so show some emotion, move me, excite me, make me feel angry, or upset, make me laugh - most importantly - make me feel something - your film does non of that, instead its forced from a cultural and religious POV, with stereotyped characters. Bad Acting, bad story, bad motivation, GREAT poetry. That's it. And you wonder why Aussies hate their own films.