Film Link Review
By Julian Shaw
Clearly hungry for a broader canvas, director Kriv Stenders now takes on the unfamiliar world of early twentieth century Australia, but his keen eye for savagely real characterisations and men in crises remains unblemished. Aden Young (in a haunting performance sure to re-establish his big screen credentials) is Nat, a father with a young family, dislocated physically and spiritually in the outback, who is swooped upon from all sides after rumours of gold begin to swirl around his log cabin. Young Toby Wallace, as Nat’s son Tom, becomes the backbone of the film, and it’s a sterling, remarkably mature performance which glues the ensemble together.
Lucky Country is a downright bizarre, blood-smeared opus that provides yet more evidence of a real-deal auteur at work on our shores.
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