The Shiralee

My father loved the relationship between Macaulay and Buster so slightly altered the spelling so I would not be a burden all my life and called me Sherilee! I have the book and have read and re-read it but would love to see the film! How do I get to see it? No one I have asked has ever heard of it before!

I adored this from start to finish. It was like stepping back in time to be a fly-on-the-wall in the lives of Mac, Buster and everyone they cross paths with. Every actor in this was full of character and so natural, real life. It was charming with repeats throughout of Mac and Buster walking country roads, revisiting the same characters with the stories extending each time. The filmmakers did an amazing job with how this was shot. Honestly I shed a tear at remembering these kind of days before the Internet took over but I'm so grateful for it to because it brought me this gem I never would of seen without it!

I saw this "movie" again about ten years ago on television. It had been turned into a two part series and had a different ending ! It was not a movie, but bar that I thought the whole lot was fabulous, Bryan Brown of course shines like the gorgeous Aussie actor he is and the rest of cast are wonderful in their short but important roles. Unfortunately, we do not see nearly enough of the wonderful part of South Australia where it was filmed. But like all good Aussie films, you could pick it out pretty quickly - the country homes, sheds, shearing sheds. It is a great pity that the film has been changed, but maybe Netflix did that !

My kids & I watched this movie on the Disney channel I believe about 16 or 17 years ago and we still talk about it today. Bryan Brown was excellent and so was the little girl who played his "shiralee". We love Australian movies (at least the ones we have seen) and would love to see this one again and again.

I saw this movie for the first time when I was eight years old. It was on the Disney Channel. It is the best and sweetest movie I have ever seen. I wish now that we had a copy of it. If you can find a copy of it, I would definetly recommend watching it!