Back to the Outback

Finally an Aussie animation that both parents and children can watch together, yet enjoy on totally separate levels of humour..and it is hilarious!

"Back To The Outback" follows the road trip of a bunch of creatures in the reptile house at a zoo (closely resembling a cross between Taronga and Australia Zoo) who are sick and tired of being locked in, only to be released as part of an exhibition where humans gawk at them like they're monsters.

This group of Australia's deadliest creatures plot a daring escape from their zoo to the Outback.

Glorious animation is teamed with a clever, funny screenplay from Harry Cripps (who also directed this feature film) and loveable characters voiced by Aussie icons like Eric Bana, Isla Fisher, Kylie Minogue, Jackie Weaver and Tim Minchin to name a few and backed by a great soundtrack.

Marvellous Summer entertainment out now on #Netflix.

I overheard this film while my kids were watching it and just by momentarily listening to the dialogue it started to catch my attention. I ended up watching the whole movie while my 2 little ones fell asleep haha! A little embarrassing maybe, but I actually really enjoyed this movie. Yeah, there are some 2nd-rate corny lines here and there added with a few cliches, but overall it's quite a lovely film. In my children's animated films opinion, it's no Toy Story classic, but definitely more enjoyable than Frozen 2. I don't know why; something about the story really had me hooked :) You'll have to watch it for yourself!

As an Australian and as a resident of the Blue Mountains all of my life (64 yrs).. I could pick this to pieces BUT I wont because it was so well done and such fun that I just couldn't help but love it . Pretty sure its one I will watch again to see what I missed. Highly recommended !

This is such an interesting movie. I love the characters very much, my favorite character is Maddie the snake, she's just so cute and beautiful. Some animated movies like this are not as perfect as Disney, but this animated film, may have this well-worn silly humor, but the characters won me over a lot. I hope that there will be a sequel.

Flicking through Netflix you might see this movie and dismiss it as a cheap, low effort, low quality kids cartoon, but I would actually recommend giving it a try.

The cast is star studded, the music is brilliant, the animation is stylised but very good.

Well worth the 90minutes.