Samson and Delilah

Name: Samson and Delilah
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: October 15, 2010
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 75

2010

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Indiepix | Release Date: October 15, 2010

Summary: Samson, a cheeky 15-year-old boy, and Delilah live in an isolated Aboriginal community in the Central Australian desert. Amongst a tiny collection of houses, everything here happens in a cycle. Day in and day out - nothing changes, everything stays the same and no one seems to care. When tragedy strikes they turn their backs on home andSamson, a cheeky 15-year-old boy, and Delilah live in an isolated Aboriginal community in the Central Australian desert. Amongst a tiny collection of houses, everything here happens in a cycle. Day in and day out - nothing changes, everything stays the same and no one seems to care. When tragedy strikes they turn their backs on home and embark on a journey of survival. The two teenagers soon discover that life outside the community can be cruel. Though hungry and rejected Samson and Delilah fall in love. It is all they have. It is real. Lost, unwanted and alone they discover that life isn't always fair, but love never judges. [IndiePix]… Expand

Director: Warwick Thornton

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Runtime: 101 min

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Sam Adams

Viewers may not realize how far they've been pulled in until the movie ends, and they might feel a sense of loss that it can't keep going just a little while longer. Read full review

Joseph Jon Lanthier

Apr 2, 2018

By examining the relationship between Samson and Delilah through the wrong end of the telescope, Thorton soaks in the arid, unaccommodating surroundings with occasionally oxymoronic lucidity. Read full review

David Fear

And by the time Thornton has deftly flipped the script regarding the titular Biblical parable's misogyny, you'll feel as if Aussie cinema has indeed discovered its next great voice. Read full review

Frank Hatherley

Apr 2, 2018

The honest naturalism of the two young leads is the main reason for the film’s intense grip and power. Read full review

Russell Edwards

An engrossing and touching snapshot of an Australia too often left on the cutting-room floor. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

How do you know you're looking at a pretty good piece of filmmaking? When the director and actors can make you care about the central characters even though they exchange almost no dialogue. Read full review

Andrew Schenker

A deglamorized couple-on-the-run story, Warwick Thornton's Samson & Delilah doubles as a portrait of a tiny Australian aboriginal community. Read full review

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JasonFredericks

Oct 18, 2010

This movie is brilliant. It is one of the bleakest films I have ever seen. By focusing on the touching story of two young Aborigines it successfully shows their harsh reality. Warwick Thornton does a magnificent job in not only bringing attention to the Indigenous issue but also in telling aThis movie is brilliant. It is one of the bleakest films I have ever seen. By focusing on the touching story of two young Aborigines it successfully shows their harsh reality. Warwick Thornton does a magnificent job in not only bringing attention to the Indigenous issue but also in telling a beautiful love story. I only hope that more films and art like this can have a positive impact on some of the issues that this movie brings into focus.… Expand

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cinemaquote

Jan 30, 2011

Dear METACRITIC ITs: Please help me change my user review NAME from raco2046 to cinemaquote. I have written over 4 months wihout a reply. My email cinemaquote@gmail.com

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luistua

Feb 29, 2012

ClÃ¡sicos les llaman a las pelÃculas cuyo mensaje trasciende su tiempo y su entorno y esta pelÃcula logra transmitirlo asÃ seas en Australia o seas de MÃ©xico. AL estar viendo el filme pensaba que cualquier escenaClÃ¡sicos les llaman a las pelÃculas cuyo mensaje trasciende su tiempo y su entorno y esta pelÃcula logra transmitirlo asÃ seas en Australia o seas de MÃ©xico. AL estar viendo el filme pensaba que cualquier escena podrÃa confundirse con un filme hecho en MÃ©xico de no ser por los pocos diÃ¡logos en inglÃ©s y en idioma aborigen. Impactante. Bastante recomendable.… Expand

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raco2046

Dec 1, 2010

This is a magnificent movie all around. The scarce dialogue, cinematography but specially the 2 young leads are ... inspiring, breathtaking, relentless. There is a moment, a single instant that spoke to me when in a car's tape recorder Rocio Durcal is playing Juan Gabriel (Spanish diva +This is a magnificent movie all around. The scarce dialogue, cinematography but specially the 2 young leads are ... inspiring, breathtaking, relentless. There is a moment, a single instant that spoke to me when in a car's tape recorder Rocio Durcal is playing Juan Gabriel (Spanish diva + Mexican divo)... the awkward perfection of this sound insert is, for me, the perfect metaphor of the surprising stuff this movie is made of… Expand

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PeeryDo

Jan 11, 2011

Slow, predictable, boring. Let's get real. Been done over, and over, and over, and much better.good things about this movie.....hum. It was in focus and it had 1/2 a plot.

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