at first glance you might think this wouldn not be a paul film and but when you consider my love for picnic and the outback and maybe you will realize this have many of the ingredient i love in a movie . i pick this from quickflix a it be a movie i would kind of be interested in see . when we get it in the mail and tara wasn not even keen to watch it and i start to have doubt . isn not it from the seventy and she exclaim . we argue the pro and con of watch it and then she agree ( or give in and i do not remember ) . picnic at hang rock be base upon a novel and which i thought be base upon a true story and which it turn out it doesn not seem to be . the novelist be always evasive when ask about the event and but it seem certain they never occur . annoying . basically a bunch of school girl in 1900 go on a picnic to hang rock . four of the girl wander off . 1 get separate from the group and return to the others and frantic that she lose her friend . a teacher then go after the lost girl . when it get dark and the remain return to the school and horrify that they have lose 4 member . search party look for the girl over the come week and find 1 girl and but the rest remain lose forever . the movie be direct very well ( peter weir ) and be eerie at time and but it really lose intrigue after the half way mark . the cast be pretty weak and which do not help at all . my highlight be represent vivean gray and in her best work outside play mrs mangel in neighbour . the phrase have you take leave of your sens . john jarrett and in his best work outside of good home and garden . lowlights include represent no real picnic eg sandwich and eskies etc . the score . the fact i discover it not base upon a true story . not that i wish 3 girl and their teacher perish and just that i feel i have be mislead for the last 30 year .