Bit of a ripper of an Australian film – a straightforward telling of a topical storyline (euthanasia) which touches on local culture, attitudes and behaviour.
Last Cab to Darwin misses its full emotional potential by avoiding dwelling on the darker side of the subject, but the film is full of wry humour and the road journey of four thousand kilometres through the guts of Oz looks sensational (cinematographer Steve Arnold). And it’s certainly a successful transfer of the stage play of the same name by Reg Cribb.
Rating: 59%
Director: Jeremy Sims (Beneath Hill 60, Last Train to Freo)
Writer: Reg Cribb (Bran Nue Dae, Last Train to Freo), Jeremy Sims – adapted from the play by Reg Cribb
Main cast: Michael Caton (Strange Bedfellows, The Castle), Ningali Lawford (Bran Nue Dae, Rabbit-Proof Fence), Mark Coles Smith (Beneath Hill 60, TV’s The Circuit), Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom, Stoker)
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