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On Australia's most controversial national holiday, the lives of three Australians from diverse cultural backgrounds will collide, illuminating contemporary issues of racial tension and national identity that simmer beneath the surface of modern Australia.

Third of three feature film collaborations [to date, September 2017] of actor Bryan Brown and director Kriv Stenders after Kill Me Three Times (2014) and the previous year's Red Dog: True Blue (2016).

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    • Author: Thetath
    I love Aussie movies, good or bad I'll see them all. (clear bias) I neither liked nor disliked this movie. Acting was patchy and editing failed it miserably. Brown was typically the lynch pin and perhaps without his presence the movie would have been completely lost. My gripe about this movie was the obvious mirroring of the movie Crash. Crash is an extraordinary movie, this movie is not.
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    • Author: Hallolan
    No interesting characters infact all the characters should be in jail. A lot of scenes with people running around the streets of Brisbane. Nothing to do with Australia Day just set on that day. Has a very strange scene between brother and sister.
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    • Author: Kelenn
    I watched 20 minutes of this awful movie and it's everything Australia is not. It's an anti-Australian movie from the eyes of socialist lefties in the lame movie industry in this country. Don't bother watching.
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    • Author: Zainn
    It's pretty obvious that the writer (maybe director too) sees race relations in Australia through the lens of corporate, main-stream news organisations.

    Sadly, there will be many who live in that same deluded, white man's bubble who'll think that this movie is so "powerful."

    If the racial stereotypes weren't bad enough, enter Bryan Brown who plays your typical, white, cliche hero to save the day.
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    • Author: Vikus
    Australia day kicks off with several broken stories not making much sense, but carrying the most uncomfortable and unsettling vibe, so much so that I spent the better part of this movie prepared to turn it off. I don't need reminding of the regressive mindsets that are still so prevalent because having spent 10yrs of my early adulthood 16-27yrs of age in Brisbane, I know the story all too well..

    The overall premise of the film is of overcoming adversity and this wasn't clear for the better part of the movie where you're left gritting your teeth to bare it. For this one however, it was worth waiting out till the end to see what the film makers where trying to do. The messages/lessons they aim to bestow hold a very relative nature, relative to the times we live, the issues we face as humans in our current condition and the relativity we hold to each other.

    Don't expect to leave your viewing session with a smile on your face, but you will leave with a handful of seeds planted in your mind that should see grow, I call whatever movie or piece capable of doing this, one of great merit across the board.. and this film is no exception to that. You may not have a smile on your face, but at least in my case, you will have a few tears welled up in the corners of your eyes and a bit to ponder about.

    We have a lot to address here in Australia and some of the most important topics of which start at home where this movie has based itself. Our issues aren't in the demise of agriculture, or what color skins are dating ones sister etc, but only how we relate each other.. seemingly the most overlooked of all issues until something grave impacts us such as the atrocities that are able to go on whilst we only care about ourselves.
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    • Author: Dondallon
    A brilliantly executed movie set in my hometown, Brisbane, which captures many of the multicultural issues confronting modern Australia. The cast - relatively unknown apart from Bryan Brown - deliver a powerful, complex story which illustrates many of the cultural issues confronting modern societies. It was a real edge-of-the-seat production with completely unpredictable outcomes.
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    • Author: GODMAX
    I was pretty excited when i herd there was a movie coming out called "Australia Day". I thought it would be a great movie to celebrate one of our great calendar days. However it was not at all an uplifting movie at all, instead a powerful movie set with three stories of three different nationalities dealing with some brutal cultural differences. I did like it and it was great seeing Bryan Brown back on the screen, but it could of done with a different name. Score: 5/10
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    • Author: Runeterror
    An excellent film with a heap of good performances from a mostly young cast plus Bryan Brown being as superb as ever . I liked the realism of the script too .
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    • Author: Runeshaper
    A waste of time. Written by the left, remember white man bad.
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    • Author: Flathan
    The majority of us (Australians) live in cities and towns where these stories occur. We see the product of Australia Day simmering around us, in differing forms, every day. This movie takes us beneath the surface. We're allowed to follow those people we've taken for granted, dismissed, buffered ourselves against or plain ignored because we can. As sober entertainment and something worth watching, the results are a thing to be proud of.

    Stephen M Irwin and Kriv Stenders get the basics right with the writing and direction, and it shows in this movie becoming greater than the sum of its parts. Story telling and performances are solid in that benefit.

    Excellent casting, awesome technical and camera unit work pull us into the lives and drama of our everyday victims and protagonists. Uniformly good writing, direction and excellent performances allow us to genuinely care about the strangers lives we're watching, Brian Brown captures the quiet desperation of an older, Australian man caught between a rock and a hard place, trying to do the right thing. Plaudits to the cameraman on his closeups of Brown. The Australian landscape and Brown's face are now synonymous. The people and drama in Australia day will resonate strongly with many Australians. It entertains and confronts us with truths we're usually able to walk past. Foreign audience will enjoy it as something casting a believable, strong reflection on Australian people, and the Australian enigma.
  • Cast overview, first billed only:
    Miah Madden Miah Madden - April Tucker
    Elias Anton Elias Anton - Sami Ghaznavi
    Jenny Wu Jenny Wu - Lan Chang
    Daniel Webber Daniel Webber - Jason Patterson
    Luke Howell Luke Howell - Tony Agosti
    Shari Sebbens Shari Sebbens - Sonya Mackenzie
    Yasmin Honeychurch Yasmin Honeychurch - Kaytee Tucker
    Bryan Brown Bryan Brown - Terry Friedman
    Kee Chan Kee Chan - Zhou Chong
    Burgess Abernethy Burgess Abernethy - Traffic Investigator Sergeant
    Roxanne Mcdonald Roxanne Mcdonald - Indigenous Woman
    Isabelle Cornish Isabelle Cornish - Chloe Patterson
    Sean Keenan Sean Keenan - Dean Patterson
    Neil Pigot Neil Pigot - Inspector Michael Bester
    Jacy Lewis Jacy Lewis - Senior Constable Liz Jamieson
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