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My Brilliant Career
Drama, Romance - 1979
7.2
85%
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A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.

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Rated:
G
Runtime:
100 min
Release date:
17 Aug 1979
Country:
AU
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 11 wins & 8 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
The action and sentiments are familiar to the point of cliche, and there isn't much life in Gillian Armstrong's academic direction.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
My Brilliant Career marks the beginning of exactly that for both the film's daring, assured, high-spirited Australian director, Gillian Armstrong, and its rambunctious young star.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
rotten:
The period atmosphere is evoked with careful delicacy, but the characters rarely become more than stereotypes with performances (Judy Davis excepted) to match.
– Tom Milne,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
This Australian film is a charming look at 19th-century rural days in general and the stirrings of self-realization and feminine liberation in the persona of a headstrong young girl who wants to go her own way.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
25 Jul 2008
fresh:
This is a modest, clear sighted film, and it profits considerably from a lack of the bravura landscape photography that most directors would have used to puff up a movie set in Australia.
– John Skow,
TIME Magazine,
9 Sep 2014
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