The Flood

Congrats to The Flood producers. This Australian film with enormous praise going to the film's visuals and sound effects. The film has many positives and a few elements that I'm honestly brutsl but essential. Very strong performances and great direction.

Granted, I only glanced at the movie's cover before sitting down to watching it, so I didn't really know what I was in for, as I hadn't heard about the movie prior to watching it, nor did I read the synopsis. I thought it to be a Western of sorts. Turns out that this wasn't a Western at all. Instead I was sitting down to watch an Australian historical drama. And now I am not overly traversed within the Australian history, so this was all new territory for me. And from what the movie delivered to me in terms of entertainment and enjoyment value, I suppose you have to have been more familiar with the events of Australian history and culture to appreciate the movie fully. Sure, "The Flood" was watchable, but it was hardly a captivating or overly impressive movie for me. Again, perhaps because I am not familiar with the Australian history. So I can't relate to the events in the movie's storyline, nor did I stand any chance of knowing what to be true or based on true events, and what was fictional make-belief. The acting in the movie was good, although I felt that the storyline and the slow pacing of the movie was somehow holding back the performers in delivering everything that they could and should. My rating of "The Flood" settles on a generous four out of ten stars. This movie wasn't really aimed at me as its target audience, and I wasn't really getting swept away, nor could I fully sink myself into the storyline and the events that transpired in the story. But I am sure that writer and director Victoria Wharfe McIntyre managed to dish out a movie that will have a greater appeal to people Down Under.

Masterpiece. Sound, picture, message - everything is just great.

Good movie , Great dedication to the stolen children from the aboriginal community , To understand this film you need to understand the aboriginal culture . Don't go by FilmMcCool reviews him/her doesn't give many good reviews , You need to see for yourself to understand the film

For a low budget film has some very powerful moments both in beauty and impact . Strong visual and musical content

Some great writing but it made me sad, looking back our history. We can learn so much and this film shows us one frame at a time.

Absolutely loved it and one of the best movies I've seen in a long while. A story that needed to be told and seen by everyone. Fantastic work from everybody concerned. Direction, script, sets, cinematography and sound, costume and makeup, all melded together by a talented cast. Congratulations and best wishes for further success 😃

I found The Flood online and decided to watch it. These filmmakers have really delivered - Bravo! Ignore some of these reviews and make up your own mind. Seriously recommend it.

This is no Red Hill. Actually at times I'm not sure if it's trying to be Bran Nue Day or The Propositions, however if you are looking for a modern film that explores the suffrage of first nations people with a touch of tradition. This is one amongst a small list of films available to watch. The acting and cinematography is exceptional, however the editing, direction and all round Composition of the film is horrific. The films major lack is that it has no strong protagonist. It's just a series of characters going through a series of events. It doesn't give the audience a chance to become attached to any of the characters journeys. It drops in and out of artistic intention without provocation and loses it's audience in the typical Australian Contemporary Cinema style, where experimentation is used to give subtext overshadowing the audience's desire for understanding and wastes valuable time exploring themes that need no further explanation. This film is irritating in that it could be so much better had it been given to an experienced post production team focused on just telling the story and not trying to be clever. This is not a Saturday night movie, but a Sunday afternoon time killer. Don't get me wrong, I am so happy movies like this are being made in Australia, and I did enjoy watching this one. It has so many amazing scenes, but the entire film as a whole leaves me feeling patronised. It is a shame and it angers me that this film will disappear into the SBS B grade Australian films catalogue that only get played on television once every 10 years. In all honesty this is exactly the kind of film that gets made with government funding hoping to cater to an imaginary demographic that does not exist. It's a Black Exploitation film that hides behind being a Biographical piece in order to present neo feminist perspectives. An Australian poor mans version of Django Unchained. But I feel that the director is a wanna be Wes Andersen trying to make a film to impress Peter weir. However if you want the blatant truth. The fundamental reason why this film will suck to many who watch it, is simple because the entire budget was spent on the filming leaving very little funding to post production and vast amount of attention needed to make this film what it could have potentially been. This is not a bad film it just jumps around allot and you have to be in the right mood to enjoy it through perseverance. Bitter Springs will probably give you a closer connection to Aboriginal victimisation if that is what your in the mood for. All done and said, this is an exceptional first film from a production team and cast that show allot of promise.

This is the first time I have reviewed on IMDB but will be doing more of it... After reading some reviews on here, it best to hear it from the horses mouth. "The Flood is an action-packed dramatic western=styled adventure that uses our nation's history as a framework to support an uncompromising, exacting and at times romantic and delicate female driven story that acts as a parable for race relations in our country," says writer-director Victoria Wharfe McIntyre, making her feature debut with what looks like quite the attention-grabbing pic. "We take audiences on a roller coaster ride, reimagining history, where women of the era radicalise and push back on expectations. Through living lives of their own choosing they highlight the choices and actions of the brutal society around them."