Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Wordiezett So much average

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Parker Lewis Lantana is a captivating Australian movie. The fact that it has nearly 17,000 IMDb votes, and over 200 user reviews is a testament to this fine movie directed by Ray Lawrence and written by Andrew Bovell.It's not an action movie, so if you're into fast and/or furious cars, Marvel superheroes, and so on, then please respectfully vacate your cinema seat, please. Just do so.The emotions that interweave in this high standard movie is incredible, and the subtlety draws you in. You can feel the tension as the scenes play out, and in a way you don't want the movie to end, so compelling it is. Lantana is a movie for the ages.

Sindre Kaspersen Australian screenwriter and director Ray Lawrence's second feature film which was written by Australian playwright and screenwriter Andrew Bovell, is an adaptation of Andrew Bovell's stage play called "Speaking in Tongues" from 1996. It premiered at the 48th Sydney Film Festival in 2001, was shot on location in Sydney, Australia and is an Australian production which was produced by Australian producer Jan Chapman. It tells the story about a police officer named Leon who lives in a suburb with his wife named Sonja and their two sons. Leon and Sonja are both having concerns about their marriage and whilst Sonja talks to a psychiatrist named Valerie, Leon befriends a woman named Jane. Distinctly and precisely directed by Australian filmmaker Ray Lawrence, this rhythmic fictional tale which is narrated from multiple viewpoints, draws an invariably engaging portrayal of a cop who after beginning an affair with a woman he meets at a dancing course learns that a therapist has disappeared. While notable for it's naturalistic milieu depictions, sterling production design by production designer Kim Buddee, cinematography by cinematographer Mandy Walker and costume design by costume designer Margot Wilson, this character-driven and narrative-driven story depicts several interrelated and refined studies of character and contains an efficient score by Australian composer Paul Kelly. This romantic, conversational and atmospheric thriller which is set in Sydney, Australia and where interpersonal relations and personalities are acutely examined and characters as poignant as the stories, is impelled and reinforced by it's cogent narrative structure, subtle character development, enigmatic characters, incorporation of theater in cinema and the reverent acting performances by Australian actors Anthony LaPaglia and Geoffrey Rush, Australian actresses Rachael Blake and Kerry Armstrong and American actress Barbara Hershey. An eloquent, dramatic and multifaceted mystery from the early 2000s which gained, among numerous other awards, the award for Best Film at the 43rd AFI Awards in 2001.

Roger Pettit "Lantana" is an excellent film. Ostensibly a thriller, it is, in essence, a psychological drama about a number of middle-aged married couples whose paths cross and who are experiencing various degrees of marital and family difficulties. Set in what seems to be small-town Australia but is, in fact, a suburb of Sydney (judging by what is said in a news broadcast about one of the pivotal incidents of the plot), the story features a policeman, Leon Zat (brilliantly portrayed by Anthony LaPaglia). Zat is slap bang in the middle of a mid-life crisis. He is having an affair with a woman named Jane (Rachael Blake), who is separated from her husband. He has symptoms of possible coronary problems; he is violent towards suspects; and he is angry towards his wife, Sonja (Kerry Armstrong), and sometimes towards his lover. In one telling scene, he accidentally collides with a jogger in the street and loses his top with him before realising that he has overreacted. Sonja is seeing an American relationship counsellor, Valerie (Barbara Hershey), who is married to John (Geoffrey Rush). Valerie and John's marriage has been in difficulty since the death of their daughter a few years ago. It seems that Valerie suspects that John may be having a relationship with a gay man whom she is counselling. When Valerie herself disappears after her car breaks down late at night, suspicion falls on one of Jane's neighbours, Nik, who is happily married to Paula, with whom Jane has a good friendship. These interrelated stories form a credible plot that skilfully examines the emotional turbulence and pitfalls experienced by many people who are in their forties and which at the same time provides an entertaining puzzle. The acting in "Lantana" is superb. The screenplay is, for the most part, plausible (there is perhaps a slight over-reliance on coincidence in the way in which the lives of the principal characters intersect). It is also beautifully written. All of the characters are believable and fully fleshed out. The direction and the cinematography are first rate. And the soundtrack, which is primarily made up of Buena Vista Social Club-style Cuban dance music, is very entertaining. "Lantana" is an intelligent and entertaining film. 9/10. There is one slight mystery about the film. I may have missed something but I do not understand the reason for its title. Wikipedia suggests that "lantana" is a genus of a perennial flowering plant that is common in the Australian-Pacific region. But quite what that has to do with the film, even one whose opening scene is of a camera panning through a plantation that hides the limbs of a dead woman's body, is not immediately clear (to me, at least).

Ghostflowers This is such a gem, that it pains. Everything right where they should be, beautifully perfectly executed. Fantastically portrayed with vigorous honesty. And the timing ? Bang on! Utterly beautiful and I am going quite frothy at my mouth now.For anybody with taste, this is un-miss-able. This is exactly how film-making should be where ideas merge seamlessly to create a masterpiece which can touch hearts. Apart from it's obvious brilliance, this movie has such a soul. This is so soulful. All the dots connect in the end and it is staggering. Kudos to everybody even remotely associated with the movie for having done us the honours. Watch it. Very highly recommended.