- Network: HULU
- Series Premiere Date: Nov 26, 2023
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Faraway Downs doesn't entirely fix the criticism of white saviorism that Australia received. That would’ve been an impossible feat given Lady Sarah's character. That said, the series spends more time with the Aboriginal characters and expands on their origin story and aspirations, rather than casting them to the wayside. Overall, the series transforms the lukewarm drama into the grand epic that Luhrmann originally set out to make.
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[Luhrmann's] instinct towards grandeur for grandeur’s sake leads him to neglect the tiny nuances that make stories sing. The film already felt like a misjudged exercise in maximalism. The series it has spawned is as vast and empty as the country it explores. Size isn’t everything.
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What a waste of an excellent reframing of Australia into an improved Faraway Downs. So to salvage this misbegotten adventure into absurdity, I suggest you watch Faraway Downs only until the midpoint of “Chapter 6” and then press stop.