IMDb plot summary: In 1880s Australia, after young Jim Craig's father dies, he takes a job at the Harrison cattle ranch, where he is forced to become a man.
Directed by George Miller. Stars Kirk Douglas, Tom Burlinson, and Terence Donovan.
The Man from Snowy River is about a young ranch hand from the mountains who gets a job working for a wealthy rancher. He falls in love with the rancher's daughter, only to be told there is no way he's ever going to be good enough for her, and he must find a way to prove himself, while also discovering the secrets of the rancher's past. This is one of those movies that I always remember sitting on the shelves at Blockbuster or Hollywood Video, but I never actually picked it up because it didn't actually look that exciting to me. My instincts were right, this movie is not for me. For most of its runtime I was incredibly bored and had zero investment in any of the character objectives. It picked up a little bit once it started getting into dramatic family squabbles, but that's clearly not the point of this story. It's about the young man trying to make his way in the world, and I just could not care less about him or what he's doing. There are some nice landscape shots, so it is at times very pretty movie, but that was not enough to keep me interested.
How it entered my Flickchart:
🎥 The Man from Snowy River (1982)
📊 Ranked #3631/4009 on my Flickchart
🎯 Flickscore™: 10
lost to Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (#2001 → #2007)
lost to The Big Pond (#3001 → #2997)
lost to The Secret Life of Pets (#3505 → #3498)
beat Kingpin (#3756 → #3758)
lost to In Cold Blood (#3629 → #3571)
beat Taxi (#3691 → #3697)
lost to The Godfather Part II (#3660 → #3630)
beat The Boy Friend (#3675 → #3677)
beat When Zachary Beaver Came to Town (#3667 → #3672)
beat Special (#3663 → #3666)
lost to The Tribe (#3661 → #3659)
beat The Battle of Algiers (#3662 → #3665)
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