Fresh
For the most part, Walkabout is an involving, occasionally hypnotic, motion picture.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Walkabout
A boy and girl face the challenge of the world's last frontier.
1971 · 1h 35m · R
Adventure, Drama
Directed by
Nicolas Roeg
Overview
Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aboriginal boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.
Director and cast
- Nicolas Roeg Director
- Jenny Agutter as Girl
- Luc Roeg as White Boy (as Lucien John)
- David Gulpilil as Black Boy (as David Gumpilil)
- John Meillon as Man
- Robert McDarra as Man (as Robert McDara)
- Peter Carver as No Hoper (as Pete Carver)
- John Illingsworth as Young Man
- Hilary Bamberger as Woman
- Barry Donnelly as Australian Scientist
- Noeline Brown as German Scientist (as Noelene Brown)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Is it a parable about noble savages and the crushed spirits of city dwellers? That's what the film's surface seems to suggest, but I think it's also about something deeper and more elusive: The mystery of communication.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Roeg intercuts images of modern life with the lushness of nature -- offering a stunning fable about the importance of respecting the earth.
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
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