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Coffin Rock tells the story of a rural Australian couple who are having difficulties starting a family due to the fact that the husband seems to impotent. This drives a wedge between the couple and although he cares for his wife he finds difficulty expressing it. His impotency makes him feel less of a man and causes him to become somewhat introverted. In a moment of weakness his wife has an affair with an man who has become infatuated with her. Turns out he is psychotic. The rest of the movie is self explanatory. The acting is very good and although the plot is very predictable there are some parts where the movie leaves you guessing. I saw this movie free on Youtube and would encourage you to see it. Worth a rental or wait for it on free to air TV. Jackal

I'm not a fan of Wolf Creek so the proud boast that this was done by the same people was not exactly a selling point for me. I thought I'd give it a go anyway because the reviews seemed reasonable. That was a mistake and I definitely wont be rushing to see anything else made by this guy. Fortunately I was skipping sections by about half way through and I gather from reading reviews afterwards that this meant I missed the slaughter of the kangaroo scene. I'm pleased about that but to the reviewer who thought it was real, yes we have a "humane society" and NO it would not have been real. You would not get away with mistreating an animal on film in Australia. Anyway - to the movie. It was dull & predictable. It dragged on and on with very little happening. There is no horror or suspense or anything. Just a bunch of irritating people annoying each other and the viewer. THe lead female actor over-acted so badly it was ridiculous and I wanted to slap that constant hysterical over-the-top behaviour right out of her. On the other hand she didn't have a great script to work with so perhaps she was over-compensating. I was also a bit dumb-founded by some of the character decisions. For example, your mate has serious burns to large sections of his body so do you race him to the nearest hospital to save his life and stop his suffering? Of course not. No, you stick him in the back of your car, drive to your house and leave him groaning in agony/dying in the car so you can take time out to yell abuse at your wife.... Really? And at the end of the film he's clearly shown as the good guy at the poor burnt bastards funeral while the wife is shunned. LMAO Funny set of values they got in that town. It was horrible. Don't bother.

Sam P is the entire film. He's a great psycho. Truly the reason to watch. Hated the last shot of the film. Why?

A friend recommended this Aussie thriller to me so I rented it on Netflix. Like other reviewers stated, the plot is sort of Fatal Attraction in reverse. A married couple can't conceive, the wife desperately wants a child, so they go to a fertility clinic, but the husband is afraid to open the envelope when the result arrives in the mail. Meanwhile, frustrated wife, sure it's his fault, gets drunk and has a one night stand with the much younger phone clerk from the infertility clinic, who apparently found her instantly very attractive. Turns out she discovers she is pregnant shortly thereafter and assumes its Evan's child, her one-nightie guy. But Evan is somewhat obsessive, possessive and psycho, which Jess soon realizes, and now she is in a quandary trying to keep the event secret and allow Rob, her husband, to think he is the father. The problem for me was that none of the characters were particularly interesting or likable, so there was little fun in the set up. Thus when the terrifying moments finally arrived, they did not involve me deeply, so I watched more for the shock value than for true excitement. Also there was no humor in the movie at all. But while the ending was what I expected, it was very satisfying, and contrary to one reviewer, I believe the director gave viewers enough information to know essentially what happened after the end. The film is about 90 minutes, though it seemed longer, probably because it was all rather unpleasant, while sluggish during the first half. Though not a great film, it is worth renting, but I doubt I will ever purchase it, as I don't think I would want to watch it again, with or without viewers who haven't seen it. If you want to see a thriller that gets it right, rent or buy "Stuck".

1st watched 11/27/2001 – 8 out of 10(Dir-Rupert Glasson): Well manufactured and written thriller from Australia that does a lot of things very well and does very little wrong as far as this type of movie. The story is about a couple(played by Robert Taylor and Lisa Chappell) who are having a hard time conceiving a child – so they visit a specialist to see if the husband's sperm has some issues. There, a male secretary at the clinic, apparently becomes quickly attracted to the wife or sees some potential with her or the couple -- quits his job – moves close to them and tries to establish something with the wife. Kind of by accident -- after they develop a friendship, the women gets drunk and has sex with the former secretary. She then becomes pregnant before the couple knows the results of the tests at the hospital. The husband assumes he's able to reproduce and his test was normal – so doesn't even attempt to find out the results. The wife, at this point, isn't sure who's child she's carrying but the other man then starts stalking her and turns out to be pretty much a crazy person. These type of crazy person-stalking movies have been done before, but this movie sets up the story and characters so well that by the time the scary parts begin you care about the individuals, and it makes the movie scarier. The acting is very good and the only real down point of the movie is the premise, as far as why the male secretary chooses this couple for his torment. Overall, this is one of the better movies in this genre(if you can call it a genre) and shouldn't be missed.

Not tense or thrilling, Coffin Rock mixes some well rounded drama with ridiculous and laughable "horror". The Oirish madman has some delightful hilarious monologues as he slips into comic madness. The idea of the couple trying to conceive is interesting, and it could have made a great thriller. If only it hadn't revealed the loony's intentions so soon. It should have built upon a fairly absent character, rather than showing us a vicious Kangaroo beating to begin with. Anything after that just seemed tame by comparisons. This is the danger of making a simply serious film on such a low budget. Had it some comical moments, or quirkier scenarios, the entertainment could have made up for the shortcomings. Not exactly worth your time.

I must admit that there was a time when I took the unfortunately wide held view that all Australian movies were crap. I avoided them like the plague.For me Hollywood was king. Big budgets, big stars, big special effects, bigger explosions. One day I was in the local Video Ezy and saw a Cate Blanchett movie called Little Fish. I did not even know that Cate made an Australian movie until I put it in the DVD player. Wow, what an experience. Low Budget, local actors, no special effects , no Hollywood BS. Just gritty, believable, local storytelling. From that day forward I have watched nothing but Aussie films. I found Coffin Rock to be superb. As for being predictable, we are all just guessing as to what happened after the final scene. Everything about the movie is excellent. The storyline, the acting , the direction. I must admit that cheating wife movies are not amongst my favorites, but this was handled thoughtfully, and it did not make me want to throw the DVD at the wall.

The entire movie centers around the idea that she had a one night stand, but given the fact that what happened to the main character was rape, the entire plot is just upsetting. She was drunk, he was sober, she said NO multiple times and fought him to the best of her ability. That is rape. No question. The rest of the movie is just victim blaming! The rest of the characters who should be supporting her (best friend, witness to the rape, husband, etc) just make it out as though she made a choice. The entire movie is essentially a rapist impregnating and stalking his victim and in the end she is left even further traumatized and completely without support. Honestly, the movie would have gotten a much higher rating from me if it weren't for the disgusting ideology it promotes. It had wonderful acting and a compelling story line, all ruined by by the appalling choice to write the victim out to be a cheater. How disappointing.

. . . since filmmakers can get away with peppering this FICTIONAL story with such graphic civilized world no-nos as having a man with anger management issues swinging a poor little baby kangaroo against his wall until its brains are jelly, and biting a large fish in half. Maybe Aussies view this as some sort of macho survival-of-the-fittest BS, but it's clear to any educated person that the ill-fated fish and doomed marsupial each had more brain power than COFFIN ROCK's wretched main human character (Evan, played by Sam Parsonson, who is obviously one "-son" short of a hat trick). TAXI DRIVER's Travis Bickle is about as much of a loser as you'll see on American film, and even HE can come up with unforgettable succinct tag-lines (such as, "You talking' to ME?!). However, perhaps U.S. film goers are spoiled. Maybe down under you can point the camera at the sun on an overcast day, and folks will watch the footage patiently for 90 minutes, hoping for something to happen. COFFIN ROCK is one of those totally predictable anti-thrillers, where you can see every tiny twist of the plot coming from a mile off. It is distinguished only by the nearly unprecedented and totally gratuitous animal slaughter, a clear throwback to yester-century.