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"Managing to cross over 2700kms of brutal Australian desert in nine whole months in the late ‘70s, Robyn Davidson’s incredible accomplishment is very film-worthy. Mia Wasikowska fills her shoes – or rather, tattered sandals – with convincing displays of determination in both seeing through her colossal journey and maintaining her stance against socialisation."

"The feminist bent of Robyn's quest nicely shadows the film without ever being stated aloud."

"A riveting adventure, as well as a dreamy meditative saga."

"However familiar the terrain, this is a vivid, heartbreaking and captivating character piece and travel movie in one."

"Vast, dark-dreamish, touching."

"Mia Wasikowska talks to camels in this well-meaning but flat-footed desert adventure."

"Wasikowska, without much dialogue, invests the character with complexity, intelligence and charisma."

"A stirring and beautifully shot account of the author Robyn Davidson's real-life journey by camel across the Australian outback."

"Captures the ravishing emptiness of the landscape and the elemental perils facing a strong young woman."

"Beautiful scenery; stellar score; a richly rewarding final act."

"Wasikowska gives a fine, flinty performance in this beautifully rendered adaptation."

"Solitude and a great sense of place is central to this gripping tale."

"Trudges into competition at Venice on the basis of some spellbinding scenery, but there's a frustrating coyness to the investigation of what's driving its heroine."

"The desert sequences are infused with a breathtaking beauty... but the film falls short when it comes to evoking the loneliness of being surrounded by all that space."

"A journey of arduous physical challenges and incalculable spiritual rewards is evocatively rendered in this superb adaptation."