I haven't read the original novel - surely it made more sense than this effort, which felt confusing. The opening trippy sequence was effective but after that it was hard going. Maybe "hard" is the wrong word - more dull. Another underwhelming effort from director Don Crombie - I wonder why Caddie was so good, and also The Heroes.
It could be the script though Peter Gawler has done some fine work - but I found it confusing. Also lacking in excitement. Not much was done with this modern gal in old time Sydney. The electric music score is annoying. The huge set is wasted. The romance is undercooked - one minute Peter Phelps is into Imogen Annesley then he's not, is that right? The accents are variable. The action scenes underwhelm (a fire where Annesley has to jump off a building).
There's some adult content - Annesley winds up in a brothel and needs to be rescued (her boob gets groped) in a scene which could have been removed from the film without it impacting anything else - but that's not why it works.
Annesley is fine but her role probably should have been played by Nikki Coghill who simply is a better actor and far more animated (and just as good looking). Coghill is better at conveying what the character is thinking.
Kids might like it.
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