Stewart Kane, an Irishman living in the Australian town of Jindabyne, is on a fishing trip in isolated hill country with three other men when they discover the body of a murdered girl in the river. Rather than return to the town immediately, they continue fishing and report their gruesome find days later. The story of a murder and a marriage - a film about the things that haunt us.
The seamless overall blend of involving domestic turmoil and haunted national self-questioning is quite some achievement.
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out,
24 May 2007
rotten:
Clearly, in his bid to repurpose Carver's story, Lawrence misses the writer's prevailing ethos: the sense of self-contained internal misery and that haunting quality of being hopelessly human.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
25 May 2007
rotten:
The frustration here is that none of this leads anywhere. Perhaps that is the point, that some mysteries are never solved, but Jindabyne could give us a little more to work with.
– Bill Muller,
Arizona Republic,
7 Jun 2007
fresh:
A fish tale worth telling and worth hearing.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jun 2007
fresh:
The movie's remaining revelations build slowly into a set of surprisingly powerful emotional beats.