South Solitary

Dramatic landscape . Good storyline. Great acting especially Miranda and Martin- I found it very enjoyable.. felt compelled To rewatch it.

A strong start that sets up interesting characters but perhaps some rigour and depth was lost in the editing. It's overall quite pleasant with a non-Hollywood ending that was somewhat satisfying.

Watched this last night (better late than never) with no expectations and was somewhat enamored by what unfolded. Has an authentic Aussie story feel in a number of dimensions. Delivered without excesses.

If you don't mind watching a film populated with flawed but easy to identify with characters, then I urge you to check out South Solitary. I enjoyed this film very much, particularly the performance of Miranda Otto as Meredith, as it would be very easy to find this character unlikeable if it had not been handled as beautifully and sympathetically as Miranda does. It was also interesting to see the inner workings of an operational light house from that period as I new very little of the life of a light house keeper going into the screening. The sound design is also brilliantly weaved throughout helping to add a lot of emotion within the probably smallish budget. I found South Solitary both wryly funny and human in just the right proportion and for the right audience it will be a pleasant surprise.

Competently put together film. Beautifully cast. Held our interest until the very end. Great Australian film making.