I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or cry at this one. I suppose it’s a an Australian epic. I suppose we’re supposed to sympathize with the people. But, I never really felt like it was going anywhere. There was some character development, but no plot development. It was based on a true story of a city woman moving to the outback in turn-of-the-century Australia. Lots of sickness and death ensues, yet she seems to fall in love with the place. In a way, it was more true to life – a lot of our everyday lives are rather pointless too – but that doesn’t really work in a movie… it needs to have a story arc.