Weir had a truly magical touch in early films like this 1977 masterpiece, which offers a transfixing excursion into the "dream time" of Australian myth.
80
Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader
Weir does manage to deliver the goods.
80
TV Guide Magazine
TV Guide Magazine
A powerful, yet subtle, picture from Australian director Peter Weir, who has demonstrated quite a flair for mystical themes.
80
Variety
Variety
Richard Chamberlain is highly effective as a young lawyer caught up in a case of an aborigine murdered by some others in town.
80
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
A minor triumph of atmosphere and nightmare imaginings.