My Brilliant Career

  • 1hr 40m
  • 77

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Director:

Gillian Armstrong

Producer:

Margaret Fink

Writer:

Eleanor Witcombe, Miles Franklin

Runtime:

1hr 40m

Synopsis

A proud young woman in early 20th century Australia must choose between marriage and independence.

Cast

  • Judy Davis
  • Sam Neill
  • Wendy Hughes
  • Robert Grubb
  • Max Cullen
  • Aileen Britton
  • Peter Whitford
  • Patricia Kennedy
  • Alan Hopgood
  • Julia Blake

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100

The film itself is a kind of free spirit, and one that has made an indelible print on Australian cinema.

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Metacritic review by Luke Buckmaster
Luke Buckmaster
The Guardian
90

My Brilliant Career doesn't need to trumpet either its or its heroine's originality this loudly. The facts speak for themselves — and so does the radiance with which Miss Armstrong and Miss Davis invest so many memorable moments.

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Metacritic review by Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
The New York Times
90

Through a miracle of timing, Davis landed the lead role in Gillian Armstrong's assured debut feature My Brilliant Career fresh out of performance school, and it's impossible to imagine anyone else playing the part.

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Metacritic review by Scott Tobias
Scott Tobias
The A.V. Club
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