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True History of the Kelly Gang

2019

Justin Kurzel

George MacKay, Charlie Hunnam, Russell Crowe, Nicholas Hoult ...

5.3

1,647

Western. Action This is the story of Australian bush-ranger Ned Kelly and his gang as they flee from authorities during the 1870s. Inspired by Peter Carey’s Man Booker prize winning novel, Justin Kurzel’s film shatters the mythology of the notorious icon to reveal the essence behind the life of Ned Kelly and force a country to stare back into the ashes of its brutal past. Spanning the younger years of Ned’s life to the time leading up to his death, the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Imagine ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ in the Australian outback (...) a nasty crime drama with plenty of grimy characters to keep the stakes compelling throughout"	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Ned Kelly gets a ripping reinvention in director Justin Kurzel's feverish punk Western, a raw rebel yell of a movie that combines visceral violence with a kind of delirious, scrappy poetry"	POS
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"After multiple failed attempts to capture the legend of Aussie outlaw Ned Kelly on film, Justin Kurzel's enthralling, unruly vision finally gets it right"	POS
United Kingdom	Jonathan Romney Screendaily	"This full-blooded essay in Australian Gothic achieves an authentic epic sweep (...) [The movie] will very decisively reaffirm Kurzel as a auteur of significant international clout and visionary ambition"	POS
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"Dark epic (...) A bold, violent take on the 19th-century Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, a monumental tour through what one character calls "dirt and disappointment."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It is a very gruelling spectacle, often brilliant, sometimes slightly redundant (...) But it is always weirdly plausible in its pure strangeness and in the oddly poignant moments (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"There are a couple of action scenes (...) that show off the director Justin Kurzel’s technical chops (...) But the jumpy, springy qualities of the movie’s visual style are unfortunately undercut by its verbal content."	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"In tandem with MacKay (...) Kurzel and his crew of merry, malicious pranksters blow the dust off a calcified outlaw history to bring something elemental and transgressive to the screen (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Clarisse Loughrey The Independent	"A sparse, violent and hallucinatory take on an Australian legend (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Matt Zoller Seitz rogerebert.com	"It quickly settles into a groove that's more of a hyper-intense lament for men and women who've been cursed to spend their lives chafing at the roles that their societies have saddled them(…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Nev Pierce Empire	"Terrific performances, incredible visuals, and a reassertion of Justin Kurzel as a bold filmmaker (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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