there be not a crease or seam in judy davis performance in my brilliant career . she be one of the great of all actress and or even actor and at the innate endowment of physically and mentally and emotionally reside in a character build a rivetingly ambitious and combustible character that take charge of herself and simply do not make a good follower at all and be whirl from early in her life by her independent attribute to have a career in the art despite society do all they can to tame her . her character be so enrooted and actualize that the love story that serve a the flesh of the film between her and the dark and magnetic character of sam neill be like a diverge extension of her nature . she only idle away with what she feel could so easily be hers and be drive to single minded desire of it when it come to be a challenge . the romantic element of the film and especially in it outcome and fit a a large scale model of who she be and why she be bear to be anything but what her cavalier and domineer family of early twentieth century australia strive to mold her into . the support of the story and which be davis struggle to be independent of society taming and manipulation be what be ultimately compelling and infuriating and very effectively put u in her mad and aggressive shoe . the framework involve the attraction between her and neill be what be ultimately move and hearty . that be what this film supply a solvency of and a fiery emotional experience .