except for the acting of meryl streep and which be of note a always and i would avoid this film because it have a dated movie of the week quality about it . but it be worth watch if you keep the several understories in mind represent how a couple endure medium scrutiny and and how the different be treat . throughout the movie the issue be the credibility of the different . australian be different than u ( most of the rest of the world ) and so we ( most of u ) automatically come at it with an air of oddness about them . the couple involve be religious ( different than most of culture ) and adventist ( different ) at that . so their lifestyle and mindset be suspect to begin with . dingo be different animal than other dog and so again be face with oddness question . the real story and then and be how society ( and the world ) treat the different and those who have different accent and different belief and than we do and how we treat what they say a suspect . it difficult to hear the phrase a dingo take my baby . without laugh and there be humorous post and sadly and all over the web about it . but in the year that follow the story and the movie it have be discover ( a you will find in web search ) that much large child have be stalk by dingo . research by expert in dingo have show that it be not only possible but most probable that the baby be take by dingo ( maybe a pair ) and extract expertly from the clothing and eat within moment without a trace . yet what be leave behind be the question of why people defend dingos when they be find to be endanger child rather than kill the dingo to save the child and why because a woman affect ( expression ) be so cold she be assume to be guilty and and on and on . haunt question and with or without the film .