A film I wanted to like more than I did. There's a lot of good things. Locations. Beautiful photography. The world of sapphire prospecting. The cast - though no real stars (Colin Friels, Harold Hopkins)- are amiable. But it's not very good. It's confusing. It's a film of bits rather than something cohesive. I guess so was Sunday Too Far Away but that was anchored by the tight shearing shed setting, rich character studies, the tragedy of Jack Thompson's character.
The film needed some unifying plot structure, for me at least. It could've been the Lisa Peers-Friels romance but that is undeveloped. Or Norman Kaye throwing it in. Or some sort of ticking clock.
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