Emerald Falls (2008) (TV)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Peter Andrikidis

Writers:

Tim Pye (written by)
Cathy Strickland (written by)

Release Date:

23 March 2008 (Australia)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

Blue mountains. Blue murder.

Plot:

After a brutal divorce, a mother and her son relocate to the Blue Mountains to run a Bed and Breakfast. |

Plot Keywords:

Bed And Breakfast | Divorce | Murder | Australia

Cast

Georgie Parker	...	Joni Ferguson
Tom Green	...	Zac Ferguson
Vince Colosimo	...	Ned Montoya
Geoff Morrell	...	Jack Donnelly
Catherine McClements	...	Rosalie Bailey
Ella Scott Lynch	...	Blossom Piggot (as Ella Scott-Lynch)
Oliver Ackland	...	Steve Landers
Andrew McFarlane	...	Dr. Henry Forbes
Leon Ford	...	Callum Peterson
Heather Mitchell	...	Catherine Reid
Rhys Muldoon	...	Paul Ferguson
Tom Oakley	...	Davo
Christopher Salazar	...	Mateo
Stephen Peacocke	...	Bushwalker
Shaun Goss	...	Brett

Runtime:

Australia:120 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Beyond Distribution Pty. Ltd.

Quotes:

Rosalie Bailey: The body may be a temple, but it needs the odd worshipper every now and then!

emerald maybe, but it's no "Blue murder" or Ch 9 "Underbelly"!

I liked the viewer comment contrasting this to the drama of the "Underbelly" series that a rival TV network in Australia has sought to make into mountain of propaganda for its ratings-driven network!

Even though it's a good production, it's an imitation of the shadow of the quality of ABC Productions like the "Blue Murder" mini-series, based on NSW police corruption! Likewise trivial by comparison to the "Underbelly" multi-series, based on Victorian police corruption & murders, that Channel 9 seems to be milking for all the ratings they can get - same week replays - then monthly 4-hour straight replays! Both based on reality! That's apart from the "Wildside" over-dramatic production of over-action & over-noise in virtually every episode of hype but interesting none the less!

But to return to "Emerald Falls", we have an interesting plot based on an encouraging mother & a son who reminds me of one of those 1950s kids portrayed in American movies, who is somehow always right, no matter how phoney the plot! It's entertaining but I felt I'd seen it all before in Agatha Christie type 'whodunnit' productions!

If you are choosing between this & "Jindabyne", choose "Jindabyne"! But "Emerald Falls" is okay & worth a viewing.