Bran Nue Dae

Sadly, this film needs much tighter editing and better musical direction, also the dubbing and Foley are amateurish. There are some OK performances: Geoffrey Rush and Magda Szubanski are good (no surprise there), Ernie Dingo is charming (again, no surprise) and the scenery is terrific - this is a part of Australia that's not well-known yet is very photogenic.

Bran Nue Dae is an Australian musical comedy based on a stage work of the 1990s. Set in 1869, it tells the story of Willie, a teen Aborigine from Broome whom his mum wants to become a priest, who runs out of his boarding school in Perth after a rebellious act against the priest-director of the school.

I caught the last part of this movie on Showtime. The music is different and fun.

Bran nue dae is one of the best Aussie made feature films I've seen. The songs are natural and help to move the story along at a good pace.

My wife is a musical nut, I am not. When this finally came out on DVD she forced me to endure what I was expecting to be another boring musical.

I really don't know what happened here. I don't normally like this type of movie, so I expected to see a movie that wasn't my cup of tea, but still a high standard so I could enjoy it for what it was.

OK... Maybe I'm not aboriginal enough, or too 'southern', but it just didn't click with me.

The people who say this film is badly acted and cheesy just do not understand it. Just like Grease, it is meant to be a musical comedy and has aspects of great parody.

Greetings again from the darkness. Gosh!