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Sweet Country (2018) — Where to Stream · CriticCrunch

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Sweet Country

Movie2018·113 min

Sweet Country

Directed by Warwick Thornton

Western Crime Thriller Drama

A western crime film directed by Warwick Thornton.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 53%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.6/10

About Sweet Country

In 1929, an Australian Aboriginal stockman kills a white station owner in self-defense and goes on the lam, pursued by a posse.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Earnest (5 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Contemplative
Story Tags: corruption power, social injustice, survival of spirit, early 1900s, religion, sexual violence, international, wilderness, rivals, everyman, reluctant hero, escape chase, trial courtroom, cat and mouse, corruption

222 ratings

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Details

Director: Warwick Thornton
Language: English

Cast

Hamilton Morris, Bryan Brown, Sam Neill

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How Sweet Country Ranks

All movies

Top 53%

2010s movies

Top 45%

Western movies

Top 57%

2010s Western movies

Top 26%

Top 53% All movies.

the vibe

Sweet Country Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burndarkintenselayeredseriouspersonalearnestgrittycontemplative

What it's about

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

texture

grittygritty

escape chase

trial courtroom

cat & mouse

corruption power

social injustice

survival of spirit

everyman

reluctant hero

rivals

religion

sexual violence

corruption

international

wilderness

early 1900s

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

earnest 5/9earnest 5/9