rating 4 star ( out of 5 ) too many reviewer have try to compare emma kate croghan second feature with her first and love and other catastrophe . well you would expect that and since they be relatively the same subject matter . i be not though and because i have not see it . but i will most definitely see it soon and because i be very impressed with strange planet . it not often that director play it straight off the bat . most try to pull off something amazing and fail miserably and others go for the play it dumb method to make it accessible for everyone and a steven ( hugo weaving ) so rightly put it in the film . croghan a a director oozes class while she know what she be do . in other hand it could have be very messy . the tagline be perhaps the best summary of the film one could put it . three girl and three guy and 365 day to get it together . we follow the trial and tribulation of the two separate group and who encounter the usual mid twenty what be i go to do with life . crisis and fall in and out of love and rave party etc etc . all tell with amusing result . though the material be far from original and i never felt a if i need to scream out i have see it all before . croghan add in her own dose of trick along the way to make sure it definitely set it apart from other film and for example watch out for the ongoing discussion of a lady handbag . claudia karvan wonderfully play judy who begin the film with so much assurance but begin to lose herself a her world start fall apart . naomi watt ( alice ) be great too and easy to watch . in fact all the actor give first class performance . there be so much to like about the film and that the end come a a bit of a let down . it the end you want for the character and but not exactly the right end for you . a little too sentimental and over do and way too predictable . australian film have come a long way since gallipoli and strictly ballroom and even the recent shine . no long be we compel to just one or two great film a year . we be produce them like never before . strange planet sits with the best of them this year two hand and siam sunset . with croghan and karvan and watt we have many good thing to look forward to .