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Good movie but grossly overrated

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Just watched this again on Aunty ABC HD tonight - this time around on the Plasma (first time was a DVD through a standard telly).Still a stunning film, and the widescreen Plasma brings out the breath-taking swoops of the mighty Hawkesbury to perfection.Films like this are unique and very rare indeed. How easy it is to forget the depth of talent we have here in Oz. And it was great to see Jack again - a genuine 'feel good' actor and vastly under-rated.Absolutely loved it - again.And I can *still* smell the water... Fab :)2006 Review:This movie is a real pearler (no pun intended). Stark scenery shows the Hawkesbury river in its natural beauty. You wouldn't believe it's only a stones-throw out of Sydney. Camera work and optical detail are superb. The acting along with the cast and scenery are pure Australian - gritty, witty, and funny. A spade is a spade - no, wait... it's a f'n shovel, right? Hard as leather on the outside, but soft as soap on the inside. We might need to translate this movie into 'American' so that the Yanks can understand it (like we did with Mad Max) but the whole thing comes across as genuine, believable and straight down to earth. It's as much a love story as it is a documentary and a statement of how many of us Aussie 'battlers' have gone about our lives. We're all 'boaties' after all. Casting covers more seasoned actors as well as some fresh faces. Down to earth yet larger than life - dish it out and get it back. Life's like that. From the ramshackle dwellings to the crunch of the oyster-bed sands, I can just smell and taste the surroundings. Well done!

A debut film from an AFTRS student. A typical, empty, superficial piece of work that displays no effort at trying to get inside the minds of these characters, indeed, it rather pretends to know and is so convinced that these are 'good blokes and Sheila's' it doesn't even bother to try any harder. The story lumbered from point to point with holes in between the size of the Hawkesbury River, and the acting does no more than try and cover over these. In the end, none of it comes together in any sensible way, and there is no attempt to show what the hell this whole mess of a film is about anyway. Is it about oyster farming, or is it about life of a Sydney sider living in the country?Or is it neither? A confusion. (Spoiler) It ends with the main male and female characters in a bath together, having somehow successfully fallen in love, with no attempt on the part of the filmmaker to convincingly portray the two falling in love. It's almost as if we are expected to believe this relationship based on the mythology or formula seen in other films, a concession that this is poorly written but telling us at the same time we should go along with it for the sake of pleasing the ego of some filmmaker far far away with nothing to say and all the power to say nothing. Another film from our abysmal industry, and why? Just ask where the filmmakers learned their craft.

Oyster Farmer is a very enjoyable romantic comedy, one of the best I've seen for a while. Why is it so good? The plot is entertaining, well thought out and moves at a rapid pace - I didn't detect any real lulls. The characters are what you'd expect of a working class rural Australian community - warts and all. I didn't recognise any of the actors from other films but I think they did a great job of getting the viewer into the story. In addition I laughed out loud a number of times - not something that happens too often!! I really enjoyed the aerial shots of the Hawkesbury River, very relaxing and reminding me of a holiday I once spent in the region.Overall Oyster Farmer is a real gem.

I think this is a lovely movie, which portrays the shellfish industry in an 'as it is' warts and all manner, more usually attributed to documentaries than to movies. The location is great and beautiful in a run down, natural, kind of way. You can tell that the film makers just used the natural fabric of the place rather than tried to build a set. The river is shown in all its glory and the love story itself is very well done. Having worked in the shellfish industry in the UK I could easily relate to the roughish characters portrayed here.Well Done.mark