On an outback farm ravaged by drought, the lives of a struggling family are upended when a runaway criminal dressed as Santa Claus crashes onto their property.On an outback farm ravaged by drought, the lives of a struggling family are upended when a runaway criminal dressed as Santa Claus crashes onto their property.On an outback farm ravaged by drought, the lives of a struggling family are upended when a runaway criminal dressed as Santa Claus crashes onto their property.
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Possibly the only Christmas movie I've ever enjoyed. The themes are a bit mature for the kids but is perfect for engaging with the disillusioned teen at Christmas.
Some absolute pearlers in this Australian festive comedy! Would recommend and would watch it again, amazing acting from the children of the film, they take the lime light! "He isn't a stranger, he knows when you've been sleeping, he knows when you're awake" - that will have me laughing until the new year!
This years new Christmas favourite. Lighthearted, funny and heartwarming. It's pretty predictable, but aren't they all?
There's more than enough hilarious Aussie humour to make up for it though and that, along with the performances of the children, who are perfect little scene stealers, makes this a movie that's destined to become another addition to your classic Christmas movie list.
There's more than enough hilarious Aussie humour to make up for it though and that, along with the performances of the children, who are perfect little scene stealers, makes this a movie that's destined to become another addition to your classic Christmas movie list.
And an alternative new year, then join me and everybody else that enjoyed this peculliar and maybe to some a really different x-mas movie, where the sun is on its highest at the northern side of the compass, and where the vortexes usually churns the wrong way, a film that made me smile and laugh, where phil collins of the genesis has found his spittin image to do his biographical drama when he takes a pass by on the road to the city called alice, and where the children actors must be a joy to the world and to the adult actors, because their plain and simple marvelous.
so if you wanna have an outback christmas, with a paid vouleteerin outback santa sharing love and joy by spreading rain over henrietta or whatever the name of the homestead was, wher the kids are darling buds of naivity, the coming of age daughter the govner cause the mum is completely crazy then have a look at ''a sunburnt christmass''. its a recommend from the grumpy old man thinking that this might be a classic to the x-mas nerds
so if you wanna have an outback christmas, with a paid vouleteerin outback santa sharing love and joy by spreading rain over henrietta or whatever the name of the homestead was, wher the kids are darling buds of naivity, the coming of age daughter the govner cause the mum is completely crazy then have a look at ''a sunburnt christmass''. its a recommend from the grumpy old man thinking that this might be a classic to the x-mas nerds
Quirky Australian Christmas movie with great performances by a largely inexperienced cast is probably the best way to review this. It's funny and heartfelt. My only negative might be that the ending involved some comical violence and some kids may not like it.
Overall a great antidote to sickly sweet Christmas films with and with Australian twist
Overall a great antidote to sickly sweet Christmas films with and with Australian twist
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- TriviaThe alias he gives to the cop, Harold Bishop, is a character in Neighbours.
- GoofsThe shotgun shells shown throughout clearly have a firing pin indent in the primer. That is, they have already been fired.
- ConnectionsReferences The Silent Partner (1978)
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