Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Monkeywess This is an astonishing documentary that will wring your heart while it bends your mind

yolzy-90976 I don't want to give too much away, sister goes to beach every day, but doesn't allow her little sister to sit with her at the beach, which I found weird...was she laying on the sand doing naughty things with other boys? Why not let the little sister sit with her..instead left all alone... ...anyway sister goes missing, mum goes nuts...that's all I am saying. My question is where is her sister? What happened to her? The movie doesn't tell u..which cheesed me off a bit. Mum knows a secret..and Imbruglia is trying t o find out what the hell happened to her sister...you may enjoy it if you don't ind not knowing what happened at the end...

leplatypus I write this review the last day of my 40th year, being again unwell and hoping that this Annus Horibilis will be definitely over. For the first time in my life, my body had been in constant pain all along the year, attacked by accidents or by illness: what's funny is that browsing my previous reviews, I can link them with the actual problem: with « American graffiti » in January, it was tinnitus ; In March with « Kramer vs Kramer », it was bronchitis ! Two weeks of silence in April when i had surgery ; in May, with « house of sand and fog », it was teeth pain ; now, in august, it's Adam's apple shock ! Like the previously mentioned movie with Jennifer, this one resonates with my difficult being as it's about the disappearance of a child, which is for me the worst pain for parents and sibling ! The ambiance is very heavy, sad, depressive and for that Natalie was the perfect choice. Being a sister too, she could easily find a connection but above all, Nat has this dark side, this spleen in her. For me, it's because she seems inside torn that she got a worldwide success with the same song because she was living it ! In a way, her millstone that i presume explains surely why Nat runs away from glamour, exhibitionist that other female singers abuses : here, in the movie, she dresses seriously and don't want to play with her skin ! So that's why I like Nat very much : she is authentic, has values and fragility and here she thus seems very natural and it's a pity Nat didn't get more opportunities after !In addition, the movie is interesting in a way as the fate of the sister is left to the audience as the clues are rather vague. At last, the young sister is also a lucky pick as she has definitely a bit of « Nat » in here too !

MarieGabrielle Simply beautifully filmed, with Natalie Imbruglia as Elise, who has lost her sister under mysterious circumstances in 1987. They live on Semaphore Beach in Australia, she now lives with her mother who wallows in deep depression from loss of her husband, and then her eldest daughter Frances.Elise wonders what happened to her sister as they went to the beach daily the summer Frances disappears. She works at an aimless job at a movie theater, models for her friend who asks why she wastes time dating Marvin. "he loves me, he really does" she wants things simple. She imagines at times seeing her sister at a nightclub, or walking the beach.The set decoration is realistic, Elise's mother a waitress lets the house go when husband dies, the pink and green tile and cheap paint in kitchen reflect a kind of disorder. Elise's mother spends the next 20 years cutting out news articles about other missing children.The beach itself portrays a sense of loss, then renewal after turmoil...seems trite but it isn't in this film: there is no real answer to anything, it is like having a loss in real life.I lost my mother to an accident in the 1990's and I suppose this film has special cadence for me. The loss, why did it happen...we see all of this as Elise wanders the beach, lives a half existence with her depressed and depressive mother.This is a niche film, it should be seen a few times to pick up the hints and nuances. Ultimately Elise finds internal spirit, it is subtle but we see as she plants the seaweed garden and moves on with life: it is never easy but somehow people go on, and Elise moves forward deciding not to live within the pain any longer. Highly recommended, especially for anyone who has felt deep loss. 10/10.

mauvemoonlight The film's plot, such as it is, revolves around a teenage or pre-teen girl named Frances, who disappeared some twenty years ago and the profound effect it had and continues to have on her mother and younger sister, Elise. Elise is now an adult but we have flashbacks throughout the film.Eventually some extremely vague hints are made regarding some things that might have happened to Frances prior to her disappearance - but nothing is ever clearly stated.So what happened to Frances? Well, nobody ever really says - suicide, murdered, snatched by someone, or ran off? Just go with whichever one of those strikes you.The film is more watchable than some films out there - but I would not particularly recommende it. What it mostly has going for it is that it contains no graphic sexual or violent scenes.4 Stars