The Umbrella Woman The Umbrella Woman

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In pre-WWII Australia, a love triangle develops between a man, his wife and the man's brother.

Rachel Ward Bryan Brown Steven Vidler Sam Neill Jennifer Claire

Director

Ken Cameron

Composer

Cameron Allan

Country

Australia

Language

English

Alternative Title

The Good Wife

romance drama

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  • Martin Garcia

    Review by Martin Garcia ★★★★

    i read somewhere that sam neill and bryan browns casting decision should have been reversed and i totally agree. but i still enjoyed this!

  • Fravcake

    Review by Fravcake ★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

    The Umbrella Woman is a 1987 melodrama about a loving couple whose marriage is about to go through hell in the 1930s. Marge (Rachel Ward) aka The Umbrella Woman is a local midwife and Sonny (Bryan Brown), a lumberjack, are very much in love with each other, but then Sonny brings his troubled brother Sugar (Steven Vidler) into their home. Sugar takes a shine to Marge and she sees this and cheekily suggest that they have sex, which Sonny allows. After an incident where Sugar blurts out that he's seen Marge naked, word starts to get around about the three. Then new barkeep Neville (Sam Neill), a furious womaniser, arrives and spies Marge and attempts to get with her, she…

  • don juanson

    Review by don juanson

    why must a movie be "good" ? is it not enough to see the beautiful faces of sam neill, bryan brown, and rachel ward , huge ?

  • n135479

    Review by n135479 ★★★½

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  • Keith

    Review by Keith ★★

    Good performances by the leads can't elevate a quite boring story to anything more than an average film.