i watch this thinking it would be a great journey . rave review and award and life changing and etc . good god . this be one of the most awful and insufferable australian movie i have ever see . and i be australian . i do not like to dis movie make in my home country and but this movie most certainly deserve a damn good thrashing . mindbogginlingly stereotypical and annoy and bore a watch sh . t fester . good thing i do not have to pay money as well to see it ( borrow a friend video ) . i be glad to see by other review i be not the only one who despise it and annoy that my time and intelligence be so sorely insulted . toni collette atrocious overacting ( nothing personal though ) and especially in the unconvincing grief scene do nothing to help this lamo movie and in fact make it bad and i only watch it to see if it get well . needn not have bother . the first part of it be bore a hell and then the second half be just plain god damn depress . i be hop to learn more about the outback and more about australian geology and have more scene with toni character work ( she be suppose to be a geologist ) and rather than this annoy yuppie chick and have major league hissy fit and non stop winging . and the movie be just start to get good and he be just start to loosen up and enjoy himself and then he die . and it go even more downhill from there than when it start hard to believe but true . i be hop for a sensual and spiritual and move journey through the outback and not some b. tchy angsty crap that think it good because it get people scream in it and call it act . the death scene do not even seem convince and at first i think the guy be play and go to pop up and scare her or something . it do not seem the water be that shallow where he dive and with arm outstretched . if he be hurt the bad that would have happen be he would have break an arm or wrist . what a cop out just to kill him off and get out of write anything more intelligent or insightful . who get pay to write these idiotic movie ( and get them produce ) when there be literally million of good writer out there who struggle their gut out to get their stuff out there to knock back at every turn . very disappointed . this story could have be great with more of a journey and more soul and feeling and more about the outback and what real australian geologist do . a we aussie say represent bugger . waste of time and talent and videotape . the only good thing of this movie be the beautiful outback scenery and the wonder and the danger and and two culture learn each others differences other than that it be overrate melodramatic and pathetic hype . actually and i spend more quality time update my webpage whilst watch this over rat boof brain and sad attempt of what could have be a wonderful story . want to see a brilliant aussie movie with non stop action and feeling and and a sense of awe and wonder watch gabriel make only four year later with much less money and a lot more soul literally . i find gabriel story much more convincing and heartwarming and awakening .