Fresh
Wake in Fright is essential viewing for anyone interested in the roots of male violence.
Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer
Wake in Fright
Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here.
1971 · 1h 49m · R
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Ted Kotcheff
Overview
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A Conradian parable of a man succumbing to the wild, the film is remarkable for its raw, pointed dithe suggests, and you'll find the beast concealed behind the mask of propriety.
Drew Hunt, Chicago Reader
Fresh
It is powerful, genuinely shocking and rather amazing.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Several decades later, it still chills.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Fresh
"Wake in Fright" is true horror.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
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