Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

bk_heather Enough to say that I did not go looking for this movie.....it found me and transfixed me while I was channel surfing....and watch it I did - enthralled by the atmospheric capture.Recently I was traveling in outback rural Australia and so many memories stirred of places that I knew in childhood ..... One pub or store little towns with clapboard houses and the poorest of the poor both socially and economically and the dreams one dared not dream as a young person...This movie was excellent in so many ways.....following Lena home I was almost shocked to enter her life at home....I knew families that lived like that, watching the teenagers hanging out together....the memories surfaced. I did not ask anything from the plot....there is no point asking when you find circumstances like this to negotiate but there was enough reality for me that I came looking today to read more about the movie, the actors and the producers etc - job well done ...the discomfort of rural youth well captured along with he rural magic

Steve Skafte The basic approach of "Beneath Clouds" is admirable. It's exactly the quiet, personal type of story I usually love. But here, it's too quiet. Breathing room finds itself drifting into meaningless space. There's a kind of politeness on display here, in the way the action is filmed, how the characters interact. They take too many turns in dialogue, allow for more room than would come naturally. It's awfully polite. The actors themselves are good enough - Dannielle Hall, especially. She provides a convincing lead performance, enough to ground the story in a more personal way. I was less impressed by Damian Pitt. Neither of them have gone on to pursue an acting career.Ivan Sen wrote and directed this film, and all of its main strengths and weaknesses come down to him. He focuses on character, but in a way that pushes against the grain. He seems intent on making his characters talk and act in ways that are less than believable. He focuses on cinematography, but in a way that feels too clean and bright and artificial. His landscapes seem more like postcards. He writes a script designed to be a large-scale adventure/road trip, but provides hardly enough content to pad out an hour and twenty minute film. Even at that, it feels woefully overextended."Beneath Clouds" has a fair amount of potential. Indeed, the first twenty minutes promise a film of considerably more adventure and believability than is ultimately delivered. It's a good effort, but without much spark.

FilmartDD No doubt about it, Ivan Sen is the most talented film-maker working today in Australia. Others gain passing publicity, but Sen already has a notable body of work . Everybody, demand to see Sen's short film WIND in 35mm. This man has pure cinema senses -- pictorial, musical, content-wise and with actors. There is hardly a word spoken that matters, it is all in the aching faces, the hesitant gestures and the bleak settings of the country road. In politics and personnel administration, BENEATH CLOUDS would speak with humanity that cannot be denied, far more powerfully than any speeches, procedures or texts. Evidently not released to video overseas, no picture in IMDb's box - pity that basic business follow-up has not occurred for this fine film.

charly I was fascinated by the atmosphere of this film. The lots ofclose-ups together with the attracting photography and thesensitive performance of the two young people make this abreathtaking film. The easy-going rhythm of the film feels never as too slow but isinherent to the character of the aboriginals. The soundtrack also gives this film an extra dimension and is veryenjoyable. Together with "rabbit-proof fence" and "picnic at hanging rock" oneof the Australian films which impressed me most.