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Perhaps for some, there will be an element of a moral sledgehammer about the messaging.
Full reviewThis 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.
Perhaps for some, there will be an element of a moral sledgehammer about the messaging.
Full reviewA powerful, and still quite rare, view on the fraught founding of contemporary Australia...
Full reviewThe 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.
Full reviewLeah Purcell brings the passion, but the drama is occasionally a little generic.
Full reviewA towering turn from the writer, director, producer and star Leah Purcell is reason enough to see this (film).
Full reviewIt’s Purcell’s powerhouse performance that lends the film its punchier, gritty edge.
Full reviewPurcell, as star, stays resolute to the last, but as filmmaker, her sharp ideas are dulled into something that barely leaves a mark.
Full reviewDespite struggling with a thematic focus, the film presents a woman who is well worth getting to know.
Full reviewA subversive survival story that brings an unflinching new perspective to Australian cinema’s ongoing engagement with the frontier.
Full reviewThe engrossing thriller is admirably ambitious but choppy, at times eluding the director’s grasp.
Full reviewThe 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.
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