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Ned Kelly
2003
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Positive Reviews
18
Negative reviews
9
Average Rating
2.9
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3.2
Its too simple to say that Ledger just isnt the actor for the role, or that Jordan isnt the right indie oriented filmmaker to give an old, often told ..
EW
4.5
Heath Ledger is an attractive, rather subdued Kelly and Geoffrey Rush as his nemesis, Superintendent Hare, merely has to narrow his eyes, move with ma ..
The Guardian
1.9
Which isnt to say that we dont form a relationship with these creatures.
2.0
There is a potent national epic struggling to find expression here, but this movie is too rushed and fragmented to do it justice.
The New York Times
1.0
Ned Kelly suggests that not only do you not need anything of interest to watch, but you dont even need to see it at all.
E Film Critic
2.5
But theres something in Ned Kelly thats lost in the translation from Australia to America, and the overly emotional film score is just a symptom.
San Francisco Chronicle
3.0
A wannabe Western epic that never quite fills the widescreen, but is quite lovely around the fringes. A bit like Australia.
3.2
Elegantly mounted and realized, to be sure, but basically a fairly conventional portrait of your typical noble rebel...it might have been much more.
One Guys Opinion
1.5
Marks a welcome departure from the usual rah rah machismo of the semi nationalist action adventure, but Jordan never escapes the mighty shadow of The ..
Village Voice
3.0
Jordans nightmarish vision of the Australian landscape is vividly haunting.
Tv Guide
2.5
DMX isnt up to the acting needed to play an epic anti hero, but then director/ex cinematographer Ernest Dickerson never makes Never very epic on any l ..
Usa Today
3.0
Heath Ledger gives a growling performance as Kelly, while the oppressive nature of the world in which he lived is evocatively presented.
Radio Times
2.0
All of this leaves a good story awash in so much politically correct revisionism that it doesnt feel remotely believable.
Shadows On The Wall
1.5
Rises above its own shortcomings through Heath Ledgers electric embodiment of Ned.
Film Journal International ..
1.9
Ultimately, Jordans vision is so murky that Ned Kelly remains as foreign to us as wombat stew.
Boston
1.5
tricky film, punctuated by bursts of staccato surrealism and bitter humor...
4.5
While Badelt does find the right balance of Australian flavour and dramatic universality here, he doesnt quite find the thematic fire power to bail up ..
3.0
There are grating, didactic moments (I wont take this injustice!),
Bbc
2.5
Actually, Ledgers best moments are when hes railing against injustice.
Spliced Wire
3.0
Details such as the films stark Victoria locations and the clunky suits of steel armor the Kellys fashion for the climactic showdown root things in a ..
Boxoffice Magazine
3.8
Theres a serious dose of historical relevance adding breadth to the western y shootin and robbin. Not to mention, the brilliantly lit nature shots are ..
E Online
1.5
When the whole things over, were left with almost no sense of why this story has been such an enduring part of Australian pop culture and national ide ..
La Weekly
3.0
Ledger has the dimensions necessary to make a good script work in his favor but doesnt salvage this one.
Varia Gate
3.1
Starring Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Naomi Watts, Laurence Kinland, Philip Barantini, Joel Edgerton.
Ross Anthony
3.5
Fans of American Westerns will find plenty to like, so long as they can get their heads around the accents and the occasional wombat.
Guide Live
3.0
Heath Ledger makes this good guy gone bad seem worthy of his legendary status he makes it easy to root for the outlaws.
TheMovieChicks.com
4.5
A hefty dose of Australian history and legend, magnificently enhanced by a landscape that serves as more than just travelogue.
IGN Movies
3.5
Where Ned Kelly deviates from more traditional melodramatic hero ographies is in its visual and symbolic landscape.
About Film
4.5
Much as late 19th century Australian outlaw Ned Kelly was a charismatic figure who won the adulation of the Irish immigrant masses there, Heath Ledger ..
Wbai
3.2
In a genre where the good guys and the bad guys can often be distinguished by the color of their hats, Ned Kelly is most welcome...a good guy who is a ..
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