This movie is difficult to rate. First you have to take into consideration it is from the 70's and looks it. Second, although it is in English, it is an Austrailian/UK film which can be very different from American film. The Good: beautiful scenery, cerebral context, Jenny Agutter was pretty & a decent actress as well as David Gulpilil, as the aboriginal boy; interesting adventure of kids lost in the Outback. The Bad: for those that don't like cerebral films, it moves slowly, taking in scenery and nature, often with long moments of silence or just musical score and the musical score leaves much to be desired; also, there are some scenes in the beginning and end that you have to ponder and aren't spelled out for you (I basically understood, but many reviewers were confused); The Ugly: the movie often shows the killing & gutting of animals; it also splices in flashes of modern civilization, for example the aboriginal boy hacking up an animal he just caught, with flashes of a butcher chopping up meats (although I think I understand why the director did this, I felt that it was intrusive & interrupted the flow); also, parents beware, there is a long nude scene of the girl swimming (Jenny, was playing a 16 years old in the film, but the actress was 18 years old), although it is tasteful, she is shown in full frontal nudity and is also shown naked a few other times in the film (Trivia: the actress was embarrassed during the nude swimming, so most of the crew had to leave while filming that scene, but later they all went skinny dipping together.) So, although it has some artistic quality, I didn't love it (or hate it.) I probably wouldn't recommend this film, because it will only appeal to a certain group of movie watchers...a 5/10 (middle of the road) in My Humble Opinion! 2014
Review of Walkabout
