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  Review by bbbgtoby ★★½

  I may be in the minority in having more interest in watching this film with its original theatrical title of "Who's Afraid of the Working Class?" rather than the wishy washy American Jesusfreak sounding title of Blessed, though I can't be certain. Either way I think I would have been quite disappointed. What exactly was the point of it all? Every adult is presented as an arsehole who isn't fit to be a parent and every delinquent slash troubled child presented as a product of the bad family situations. Except, that is, for the necessarily complex, different and difficult story of the old white lady who adopted a young Aboriginal boy, presumably through the horrific stolen generation policies, who is…

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  Review by Audrey_Rose ★★★★

  Okay, so of course it’s not perfect, but my god the scenes that work in this film moved me more than almost any other film. Idk if I just adore Kokkinos or just adore films shot in melb, but this got me good. And it wasn’t just the Dido-esque score.

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  Review by ChasP ★★

  There’s a lot of Acting in this, which undermines the attempt to present the struggles and dangers of the poor. The stolen generations story by far the most original, deserving a film of its own and not really fitting in with the other story lines. Great to see some local locations and a lot of the dialogue is sharp and perceptive, so worth it as a good opportunity for some young Australian actors to get screen time with three dimensional characters.

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  Review by dots218 ★★★

  Wasn't a particularly good date movie lol

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  Review by ibbi ★★★½

  There’s a lot in this movie that rings of real honest to god truth, and that’s always nice to see in any movie. That comes from the writing, yes, but I’d say even more so from the actors. From a writing point of view I think that probably the single most impressive thing on display is how in a film that’s less than two hours long, that features so many characters, some of whom get very little time on screen, each one of them feels very vividly, clearly defined. It’s really, really good character work, and credit again must also go to the cast for bringing those parts to life, and the director, and her crew who have crafted those…

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  Review by icedmintie ★★★★

  I watched it only for Miranda Otto but eventually I liked the plot. That was surprising...