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Janice M @Jdmaci Oct 22, 2025 It was slow and not that interesting. The bouncing between the various the parallel conversations between multiple pairs of people and the recurring cartoon dream-like depictions of people dying also made it hard to follow. I watched it to the end but probably should have turned it off earlier. See more Feb 7, 2017 An excellent Australian film - one of my favourites. A story about life, death, and love. See more Sep 17, 2013 Urgh, I don't know what to say about this. It's mostly above-average for an Australian film, but the abrupt cop-out ending kinda made everything seem trite and meaningless. It also falls into the common Australian trap of thinking drama means everything has to be super serious and everyone has to be melancholic and filled with ennui and staring off into the middle distance. It's not bad, and I liked it for the most part, but Watt makes a lot of mistakes I had trouble ignoring. See more walter m @Harlequin68 Mar 28, 2012 On the way home from her father's funeral, Meryl(Justine Clarke), an artst, imagines many scenes of catastrophe before witnessing a man being hit by a train, chasing after his dog. Covering the story for the local newspaper is Nick(William McInnes), a photographer, who has just been diagnosed with testicular cancer. Regardless, Andy(Anthony Hayes), a graduate of the Oliver Stone School of Journalism, complains to his editor, Phil(Andrew S. Gilbert), about the photo that is used with his story. In any case, Andy has more important things to worry about like his girlfriend Anna(Lisa Flanagan) being pregnant. I'll give "Look Both Ways" this much. It sure is different with occasional animated interludes but the shark in the pool is a little too obvious. Plus, I admire its willingness to tackle difficult subjects. Sadly, it never quite comes together as it goes from one extreme to another. And the movie also has an alarming lack of focus on characters who even when dealing with extremely important crises somehow also seem very self-involved at the same time, especially Meryl whose moroseness is inferred might originate more from her loneliness than anything else. Or maybe commuter trains in Australia have a very poor safety record, as there are many shots of people walking calmly along train tracks. See more Nov 25, 2011 very nice movie, great soundtrack See more Oct 26, 2011 Atmospheric, brooding, melancholic. Aussies take on 'Magnolia'. See more Read all reviews

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