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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreBest of all is this setting — stark, reddish brown and sun-baked, the sort of place one only goes when every other possibility has been exhausted, and only movie stars could avoid turning instantly tanned and weathered.
- 63Washington PostStephanie MerryWashington PostStephanie MerryIt’s hard to get over the movie’s haunting atmosphere. It may be just another story of kids in peril, but this one’s particularly hard to shake.
- 58The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe A.V. ClubJesse HassengerIntentionally or not, Farrant and her screenwriters leave a hole at the center of their film.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe film remains stranded in a sort of genre no man’s land.
- 50The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe progressive wrinkles...are both the fascination and the frustration of Strangerland, which strains credulity with its secrets and revelations to facilitate its surprises.
- Strangerland starts off promisingly enough, but it just can't decide where it wants to go, or even how to get there.
- 40Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonThe directorial debut of Australian filmmaker Kim Farrant is undone by a series of overwrought, miscalculated scenes that can’t be redeemed by an expert cast that’s fully committed to the heavy-handedness.
- 40Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleThough Kidman is solid as a wife and mom tormented by her daughter's secret erotic life, Strangerland never successfully welds its central mystery with its psychosexual drapings, leaving neither especially interesting.
- 25Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMaybe the dingo ate their screenplay.
- 20New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierThe brooding and emotional prickliness gets overwhelming. Kidman tries her best to flesh out her character, but writer-director Kim Farrant gives this still-undervalued actress little to do.