"Australia"

It's not perfect and it isn't the Antipodean answer to Gone With The Wind, but "Australia" is one heck of an entertaining movie! Although there are ethnic and character stereotypes, and several plot improbabilities, it tries to tell its story with a heart. And of course, it's gorgeous to look at. Who says the big-budget period romance epic is dead? There is room for sentimentality and it certainly made me happy and contented. In such troubling times, why can't we leave the cinema feeling good about life or at least a little uplifted? The people who dislike it are cynics.