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Mac Gudgeon (screenplay)
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2 July 2009 (Australia)
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A young boy travels across Australia with his father, who's wanted by the law. | add synopsis
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1 nomination
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Hugo Weaving, Last Ride at the Front of Tiff's Underdog Pack
(From Movieline. 17 September 2009, 3:40 PM, PDT)
Tiff ‘09 | Glendyn Ivin: “I knew ten pages in that I was going to make the film”
(From indieWIRE - People. 2 September 2009, 9:27 AM, PDT)
(From Movieline. 17 September 2009, 3:40 PM, PDT)
Tiff ‘09 | Glendyn Ivin: “I knew ten pages in that I was going to make the film”
(From indieWIRE - People. 2 September 2009, 9:27 AM, PDT)
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Well made but unappealing
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Cast
(Credited cast)| John Brumpton | ... | Max | |
| Mick Coulthard | ... | Uncle Cliff | |
| Rachel Francis | ... | Ella | |
| Anita Hegh | ... | Maryanne | |
| Adam Morgan | ... | Blu | |
| Levine Ngatokorua | ... | Fleur | |
| Chrissie Page | ... | Shopkeeper | |
| Kelton Pell | ... | Lyall | |
| Tom Russell | ... | Chook | |
| Sonya Suares | ... | Zareena Khan | |
| Hugo Weaving | ... | Kev | |
| Chris Weir | ... | Pub Local #2 |
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Australia:90 min
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Last Ride is well made and well acted. The cinematography is a treat.
Unfortunately the script lets the film down. The central character (played by Hugo Weaving) is just a bit too unappealing, just a bit too hard to relate to, just a bit too hard to empathise with, just a bit too selfish.
In a way the film could be compared to Clint Eastwood's A Perfect World. Both are stories about the last ride of father and son figures. But where in A Perfect World I felt sympathy for the fate of Kevin Costner's father figure, in Last Ride Hugo Weaving's father ultimately left me repelled. For me the film suffered for that and, for me, the fault was with the script.