Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

craig-hopton The movie had a really good concept. It's about race division in Australia, but more importantly it's an exploration of how a small, innocent decision (not immediately reporting a murdered body) can turn out to look malicious and divisive in hindsight, and the repercussions this can cause.My problem with this Jindabyne is that these themes were kind of taken over by the focus on the lead female character Claire and her mental and emotional issues, which didn't really work for me.There's also a very bizarre subplot where the movie shows you the movements of the murderer but this never seems to lead to anything. It creates an air of menace at first but then just becomes rather pointless. The police don't seem to have any leads to follow and so the opportunity of this becoming an engaging crime-detective drama comes to nothing.I may have just missed the point of this movie but it didn't do it for me.

jrwilmott This films stirs up those nagging thoughts anchored in feelings about our place in the world. One single failure to do the right thing can be what defines who you are in the eyes of those who live in your community who have hardly shared a few informal greetings. Worse, those who know you best feel badly let down by a single act that really can't be understood by you or them. We all hope that it is an act of heroism that might be our legacy.This film has a casual greatness. It grinds out the message in an almost documentary style about the unwillingness of the protagonists to confront themselves and the resulting fallout on those around them. There is no Hollywood "closure" here for the victim's family. I may never watch this film again, so many scenes hit hard, or stir up those feelings that we are loath to acknowledge, but I urge you to watch it. It really does go places that few movies take you.A final word. I can't think of a more courageous actress than Laura Linney, who has taken that lonely road of tackling truly difficult parts in one project after another with gritty integrity and intelligence.

paul2001sw-1 One hopes one will not do anything truly evil in one's life; but supposing you (or someone you love) did something not exactly evil, but inexcusable - and was found out. This is the premise of Jinbadyne, and we see how the fall out of such a happening in an Australian community weakens already frail relationships and exposing tensions which are founded on a racism that, however unpleasant, is based (in both directions) on an irreconcilable sense of identity. You realise this film is good when its protagonists deliver stunning lines that seem totally natural, because you believe in their characters; also in the subtle way it works as a coolly unnerving thriller: this element of the movie is mostly played down against the personal drama so that when it is occasionally allowed to surface, it really shocks. That the villain of the piece is a sort of small town hero adds to the poignancy. If I was to call this film thoughtful, this might be a disservice: not because it isn't, but because reality bites harder than fantasy, and this is a gripping story as well as a human one.

Tim Johnson Diane and I watched this wonderful movie last night on television and both of our opinions neatly matched. I admit that in the beginning I wondered where this film was going but after the main pieces fell into place there was no doubt that this was one of those magical, highly emotive movies that would stay in your mind even after a long time had elapsed. I do not share the negative comments that were thrown up by other commentators. For instance, people seem unappreciative of films that require speculation on the part of the viewer; I, however, am not bothered by enigmatic endings or characters for which the viewer has little background. I am quite happy to watch films that leave broad swathes of story open so that I can play with possibilities rather than always being brought along by the nose; to follow wherever the storyline takes me.I found the movie's characters and script twists endearing: the questions about the murder in the beginning; the response of the blokes that discovered the body; the (to me) weirdness of the wife's response; her continued attempts to rectify what obviously could not be rectified ; the inclusion of the Aboriginal reaction to the death of one of their family and the totally unanswered questions about the probable perpetrator. Call me naive but I was totally caught up in the weaving of the story. I loved the cutting of the scenes; they were short and the end-effect was a quick pastiche of, what developed before our eyes, a complicated emotionally dramatic film.