AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

asterisco-m Be warned: if you are looking for a war-time adventure movie, do not watch this film.1942 is a scary and fascinating period and I think this movie captures that atmosphere of not knowing what is gonna happen after a war that changed the world. The film is a nostalgic review of a moment in time long lost forever. Many people will think the film is corny... Because it is. In a sense, it is like Brideshead Revisited: a movie about a moment in time, about what you've lost and about taking life as it comes.The photography is beautiful and the immense blue skies give you a feeling of freedom quite in contrast with the sense of pathos and constrain that sometimes makes it hard to breathe. And beauty, it is truly a beautiful movie... Even the kitchen wall paper is sweet.The plot is simple and you'll know, more or less, what is going to happen. Sometimes the dialog is made from lines you have already heard before but then, at the last moment, Johnston manages to say something unexpected of funny and change the taste of it. But what starts with a smile and a song in the heart of the characters transforms into a dense, mature movie about relationships.Ultimately, I know I like this movie because I want to know what happened to Lill, Katie, Johnny and Lachlan afterwards. Probably, you'd want to know too.If you are a Russell Crowe fan, prepare yourself for a treat. He is absolutely talented and charming in this film. I never had a chance to see this side of his acting before and it is really worth the time.*SPOILER* The final credits follow the plane that takes Lachlan and the others off to war. If you have time to watch them, they provide a relaxing and beautiful experience.

thomas_friedman_57 I don't understand. Not being a critic, i am not evaluating the quality of the acting, which I find believable, a good thing. My confusion lies with the content. Is no one else sensitive to the fact that these two unfaithful women were justifying their infidelity to men who were fighting and bleeding to guarantee the continued freedom of their families and their country. Should there not have been a prologue informing us if the men made it home and if so, what effect their cheating "wives'" infidelity had on them? While these women were bedding their paramours out of a sense loneliness, did they think that their husbands were enjoying being shot at while facing death or dismemberment daily? They didn't think of their husbands at all! Only of themselves. Pardon me, except when they wished their husbands dead.

Sam-80 This film takes you to another time when there was a different pace to everyday life. We get an idea how families had to deal with the war and how quickly we sent young men off to fight. A very touching look at the past and a reminder that casualties of war don't just happen on the front.Luckily many of us have never had to go through what our great-grandparents, grandparents or parents went through during a war. This film, I think, is a small thank you. Peter Outerbridge looks amazingly like a young Peter O'Toole and Russell Crowe is absolutely charming and as Australian as he can be. It's definitely worth listening to him recite "High Flight" and makes me wonder what he might accomplish with Shakespeare.

shanna1749 I enjoyed every moment of this movie, even though I knew they could never really be together. With the life expectancy of a Bomber pilot being only six weeks, It made me feel for all of those women and men back in the 1940's who must have lived this story.