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A decent-enough film, that you can pass a few hours with.

If you're looking for a non-stop, rollercoaster of a horror movie...this ain't it!

It's a very slow burner, with probably the worst group of child actors you'll see this year. Everything else though, is great!

I don't understand all the negative reviews. It's not the best movie I've ever seen but I've seen a lot worse. The acting was quite good I thought for a lot of less known actors. It kept me guessing all the way through and the finish pieces it all together.

Here we have a drama film that includes a supernatural subplot which, unfortunately, doesn't lend as much to the film as it could have. It's a pity because I think it could have had the potential to be a genuinely spooky movie, but the real message within is a story about grief and loss, not things that go bump in the night. I watched till the end hoping for dramatic revelations or a great twist that made it worth the effort, but I was disappointed.

The movie follows a great idea, and could have been great for Australian cinema, however poor scripting and editing leaves the viewer totally baffled at times as to what is going on and how each scene adds to the story attempting to be told.

'Sweet River', like the best ghost stories, is suffused with grief and mystery.

A woman moves to a small Australian riverfront sugarcane town to seek answers about the disappearance of her small son, only to find a community of grieving parents who, having lost their children to a number of tragedies, believe they are still with them. At the same time a mystery haunts the town, echoing across the canefields at night - particularly a field that stands as a memorial for the children lost and has never been harvested.

'Sweet River' is first and foremost a human drama about an outsider probing the secrets of a town - when the townsfolk don't want her to - so that she can find her son and finally allow him, and herself, to rest. The cane towers and shifts as both a backdrop and a character. It is foreboding and visceral - both the town's lifeblood and the keeper of its secrets. A river and a forest full of omens.

Beautifully acted and photographed, this film weaves a tightly knotted plot that it unravels in expertly measured beats as midway, the ghost story hinted in its opening sequence begins to take hold while the frustrations begin to mount upon Hannah as she gets closer to the truth.

Perhaps the resolution is just ever so slightly too neat (this is being very picky) and the emotional wrap-up a touch too swift to be as satisfying as the rest of the story demands. The opening sequence, like the exaggerated trailer, is also a little at odds with the tone of the rest of the film. Nevertheless, this is an accomplished, subtle, slow burn, adult ghost story that should have had the chance to find a bigger audience than it has.

One for viewers looking for something along the lines of 'The Orphanage', 'The Others', 'February (The Balckcoat's Daughter)' and 'The Devil's Backbone' rather than J-Horror and 'Children of the Corn', as the trailer would have you expect.

Slow, boring film with no horror, scares, suspense or thrills. A mysterious British woman returns to a Northern New South Wales town searching to find out what happpened to her missing child. No one in the town recognises her except for the local town cop? A cast of Australian TV actors star with a Rebecca Gibney look a like British actress in this waste of a film budget and a good location.

Sweet River focuses on the grief of a mother returning to the town where her son was killed as a child. The town wants old hurts to stay buried, and they don't react well to this mother wanting answers about her son. There's a reason why the town wants things to stay as they are, but this is a hidden secret given other tragedies that the town has experienced.

The film takes a steady and realistic perspective for the film, and I believe this is why some may find this movie slow or complain that it loses steam. Everything is presented as matter of fact, even the supernatural element as it's just another aspect in this film. Because of this, the film doesn't have traditional chills or thrills, but it does develop tension inside of the characters and plot. But, again, this is done in an everyday manner that can convey the human pain and loss in the face of tragedy, and the difficult process to say goodbye.

The writing of this film lets it down. It's like a car that keeps trying to get up the hill but never gets there. It feels like a first draft script that needed to get pushed to a higher level, which is a shame, because you can tell everyone did their best with what they had.

I'm Australian and I hate these locally produced movies. Why are Aussies always depicted as ugly, grubby, low IQ, toothless gammon who can't string a sentence together? They seem to be unable to speak without dropping the F word. Ugly people with horrible lazy accents. I've yet to meet these grotesque characters IRL yet our Australian film industry delights in portraying us as imbeciles. Ironic that these film types are some of the most snooty hoity toity luvvie snobs around. We have a beautiful country and yet you find the ugliest most depressing location possible. I'm sure the Aussie Tourism Board is thrilled with your portrayal of our country and it's citizens. Don't watch this pile of nightsoil unless you want to wallow in misery. Grow up Australian movie financers, we've moved on from Crocodile Dundee.

This movie went nowhere, massive anticlimax. Was extremely slow and had a lot of unnecessary scenes thrown in. Really disappointed since I had high hopes due to the acting.

I just invested 45 minutes of my time, and finally gave up in disgust.... I couldn't see anything! Someone needs to tell the camera man to remove the lens cap while filming. All the screaming and crying and running.. and all I can see is black screen with occasional foggy light....

Two thumbs down!

The movie starts well and is quite promising, until you realise it is going nowhere. Great plot but it gets lost after a while. If there is an opportunity that was missed, this is it. Good acting though.

I can't understand the negative reviews for this film. It has a good story, is well produced and has an excellent cast. It is an Australian film, and perhaps overseas American audiences miss the subtlety of Australian culture and story telling. However, the film is far from boring.

What separates the film from the mundane done to death horror, is the subtle showing of ghosts. There are no silly monsters popping out, or OTT special effects.

The lead English actress was very good, and I think that it's very unfair to just compare her to a look alike Rebecca Gibney. Because she certainly brings a strong screen presence with her. The supporting cast are also strong, and each shine in their own way.

The film also sheds light on the small towns near the Tweed River. For anyone who has ever visited there, it certainly does have a spooky feel and an unusual atmosphere about it. The sugar canes, which are largely the livelihood of such towns grow tall and far reaching. It is also has interesting Artistic culture.

My only criticism would have been to show less of the lead characters return to alcoholism. While a significant story to tell there could have been half the amount of scenes of her drinking to paint the picture.

All in all an enjoyable watch and definitely well above your cliched horror film.

It starts well, and it's promising, but you'll soon realise it's going nowhere. Heaps of 'almost-got-me-scared' scenes and a big failure to amalgamate the storyline cohesively. Could be a great movie (the idea is good though).

What would give the producers of this film the idea of showing the star woman emotionally out of control every three minutes was an art form , or worse, a quality film? The sad thing is that many films today are following this pattern in film making. After watching this film I felt soiled. Bad enough I have to put up with this everyday in our gyno-centric culture created by the Feminist Movement. Thank God for Andy Griffith reruns!!!

The acting wasn't at all bad. However, the storyline is what really lets this film down. There is a huge lack of detail to the scenes which makes the storyline very hard to follow. Unfortunately I can't say that I loved this film. Although, I can't say that I hated it either. In my opinion, this film definitely doesn't lead the way in terms of creating great mystery and constantly keeping the audience thinking. The film's spooky vibe is probably most suitable for people who are just simply looking for something dark to watch without having to follow a storyline or without feeling the need to pay full attention in order to solve a mystery.

Darn it. For the first half, this felt like it was building up to be a genuinely creepy horror-mystery, of which there are too few from Australia. Tension never really gets past the first notch, however, and midway through the second half, the vibe is that of a premise that hadn't fully been thought through by the writers, resulting in a flat conclusion that was no more than a less-than-subtle metaphor for grief. What then was the point of the supernatural elements? Nice cinematography, acting is more than commendable with believable characterisations by all involved, but overall this is just a time filler.

Living in the US you become accustomed to big budgets and have to occasionally venture into foreign language European (French and Dutch cinema) to realize that great acting and gripping stories abound throughout the world. Here is a superbly filmed Australian thriller, the natural settings when captured in their entirety add a fantastic sense of isolation, fear and entrapment concurrently. The acting was spot on and you felt Hanna's various struggles with loss (but distinct lack of closure), alcoholism and also the lack of belonging as an outsider. Particularly marked were her dual portrayals of a mother needing to do right the thing for her son at all costs and at the same time her vulnerability as a recently separated partner, recovering alcoholic and lone female in an adverse situation. My only criticism is the vivid existence in the cane field, where these consoling imaginations or a local phenomenon and whether the film was truly horror or thriller. Really worth the watch and a very realistic ending that tied up the loose ends and means I can actually get to sleep tonight - highly recommended and could easily have filled a 6 part TV series. Great Aussie movie.