Review of Jindabyne

Jindabyne (2006)
6/10
Too many issues
26 October 2007
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER This is a well made and a well acted film. Pity there were just too many issues going on. I mean what was the point of the Laura Linney character being pregnant and suffering from morning sickness throughout the film? Or the fact that she was supposed to have had postnatal depression after her first child or that she hadn't told her husband played by Gabriel Byrne that she was pregnant? And anyway what had that to do with the main storyline about four guys going fishing and finding a dead woman in the river and instead of reporting it immediately tethering her body while they enjoyed their two day recreational jaunt? Or for that matter why did the weird old trucker kill the girl in the first place? OR why throw in the white/aboriginal issue if it really wasn't going to be played out fully? This film was directed by the same guy who did "Lantana", however I found "Lantana" rather more satisfying though I did have some issues with that film too.
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