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Perhaps for some, there will be an element of a moral sledgehammer about the messaging.
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The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
This feature film take on Leah Purcell’s acclaimed play, based on Henry Lawson’s classic short story, follows the struggles of a lonely bushwoman raising her children and running the family farm while her husband is away.
2021Rating: M, Domestic violence, sexual violence & offensive language109 minsAustralia
Drama
The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson | Reviews
Time Out
A powerful, and still quite rare, view on the fraught founding of contemporary Australia...
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Sydney Morning Herald
The problems start to build in the film’s second half... the scenes in the town have a lumbering predictability with some purple patches of overacting.
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Little White Lies
Leah Purcell brings the passion, but the drama is occasionally a little generic.
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The Times
A towering turn from the writer, director, producer and star Leah Purcell is reason enough to see this (film).
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The Guardian
It’s Purcell’s powerhouse performance that lends the film its punchier, gritty edge.
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IndieWire
Purcell, as star, stays resolute to the last, but as filmmaker, her sharp ideas are dulled into something that barely leaves a mark.
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Film Threat
Despite struggling with a thematic focus, the film presents a woman who is well worth getting to know.
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The Conversation
A subversive survival story that brings an unflinching new perspective to Australian cinema’s ongoing engagement with the frontier.
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Hollywood Reporter
The engrossing thriller is admirably ambitious but choppy, at times eluding the director’s grasp.
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The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson | Release Details
The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson is now playing in 1 cinema in New Zealand. The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson is available to stream in New Zealand now on AroVision.