The result is a view of the Italian countryside, and the people who live in it, which is lyrical in tone and culturally fascinating. Its imagery, simply and informally, creates the magic that sustains what the movie reveals.

The value of Mank lies in the historical light it throws on Citizen Kane, the famous movie that is widely acknowledged as a masterpiece.

It is the first Pixar film to feature an African-American actor.

It is hard to sustain two villains, when most Superhero, or Superheroine, films have just one, and this movie largely sustains its pace through outstanding special effects, which it delivers well.

This is a home-grown movie of quality that authentically captures the Australian spirit of Jane Harper’s best-selling novel. As a thriller, the movie builds its tension slowly to a devastating finale that ties its subplots together.

This is an inspirational thriller, with real-life historical significance.

This movie has genuine impact. It has been directed and acted to project humanity in a thought-provoking manner into a coming-of-age story.

This is a violent Western that sustains strong tension, and it focuses on two resolute women, at odds about how to care.

Australian director of the film, Ashley Harris, takes time to air inner conflicts and interpersonal tensions.

This is a movie that conveys marital, family, and social tensions at multiple levels.

It only partially succeeds in negating the ideals of beauty pageants it would wish to argue ought not to be supported.

The movie is almost entirely action-dominated, and it compellingly transmits serious unease that is genuinely disquieting.

It is a movie that highlights the need to examine the nature of the relationship that presently exists between organised pro-choice and pro-life advocacy.

This film is essentially about what 'not to do', as well as 'what to do', to protect a relationship that is fracturing badly.

It is a film that projects African-American pride at a time when positive antidotes are urgently needed to the media’s hunger to show violence and aggression.

A spirited comedy that delves wittily into the relationships between husband and wife, and between father and daughter.

The major dramatic power of the movie resides in the difficulty of knowing who is telling the truth.

A highly enjoyable action movie that carries strong messages about female empowerment, lavishly and colourfully produced.

The film explores the premise that the future is best controlled by manipulating both the present and the past.

This is a brilliant, well-crafted movie that explores traumatised life in ethnically diverse communities.