Road to Perth

I was waiting to watch this movie from 10 days after downloading , took a time to watch yesterday night, peacefully, but never , in any scene it ddnt got my attention.. any movie if you wanted to connect there should be atlast some emotion.. by badluck this movie never connects with any emotion.. there is no conflicts, no emotion, no strong acting, no magical moments... only boring boring boring scenes all over the movie.. they had a good script in hand, but filled up with completely non interested scenes... apart from these negatives there are some positives like good bgm and some of the songs... dont expect anything than that.

I was going to give this movie a try, sounded a bit like a roadmovie, and i like that. Then i got to imdb and looked at the score and reviews. When i write this the movie has 11 votes and 6 of them are 10's and the only review is a ten. This is obvious bias voting and movies with this going on is usaly bad movies. I wont watch it because of this. Cant you people who do this see that it is only hurting your movie?

It has that independent Art film feeling to it... with very nice cinematography along with decent low key acting. I was hoping for more personal life information though-out the film and the ending dropped off for me. The film did leave me wanting more. If it were a series... I would be looking forward to the next episode.

Sometimes the reasons why I've chosen this and that movie to watch surprise even myself. When I saw the word "Perth" I immediately got a call back from a long time ago, when I was about 15 and learned this Australia's city. So I clicked on the link, read the premise of the movie and the rest is history. A guy being rejected his marriage proposal is a guy walking in my shoes and I thought this could be a great opportunity to find out how he handled this unpleasant situation.

Turned out the movie is more about traveling than healing, recovering from a traumatizing experience. It wastes too much time on sunsets, roads, sitting there in silence and doing nothing, and has only a few dialogues that really say something. Overall I feel like most of the movie was improvized on the spot rather than having a script and, having seen the same names repeating in the credits I can understand why. This was a personal, dream project of those involved and they had done a fine job in delivering the message of hope for all those who have lost it.

Unfortunately it didn't quite strike me in that way. I was delighted to see some of the man's actions intertwining with my own personal past but in general those were very superficial. His whole trip felt a little off and I couldn't really feel his pain, anger or any other emotions for that matter. So, as a road movie it is a good, solid piece of art, with great scenery, colors and beautiful locations but as a drama of human emotions it is a total miss and a failure.

Road to Perth is a beautifully simple story that invited you on an journey of sorts. To be be fair, I didn't think that I would enjoy this nearly as much when I decided to watch it but, much like the characters in the movie, I slowly warmed to it and to them. I felt as though I was a passenger along for the ride as they navigated through the beautiful Australian landscape while also navigating & unpacking their current life circumstances. The art house cinematography was perfect & fitted in nicely with the overall feel, pace & texture of the film, and I found myself thinking over the story & characters long after the final credits rolled. Worth a watch on rainy afternoon in your Pjs with a warm cup of tea.