Tracks (2014)

It is not an easy feat to make such slow, serious, moody, thoughtful, visually rich but eventwise sparse movies like Tracks. The very story is the real life traveling of a woman named Robyn Davidson, along with her doggie and 4 camels. Australia is a very unfriendly continent with its dire desert, merciless sun, dry arid air, cruel winds, lack of rain and plenty of sand and flies as well as pests in heated air. And yet, people live there and life goes on well there, as well. Mia Wasikowska does a great job as a main hero, and Adam Driver serves very well as a bit awkward but deeply sympathetic photographer. Their duo holds strong, with all the cameo roles and short appearances of numerous actors. One strong word of warning to all those who're going to peruse this film - it is rather slow, moody and deeply dreamy. If you're after fast wild action flicks, stay away from this one. But if you're interested in slower and moodier pieces of cinema, you're for a right track. In fact, this film only made me bewildering more how some brave people can try such dangerous trips alone and in such unfriendly country climatewise. They do, and they prove that a man is strong.

It was three months already that I had been waiting to see this movie. Well, the waiting was really worth for. Not only the filming is amazing in many aspects, but the story from the book, the actress, the actors, including Diggity are fabulous. This kind of movie awakens the spirit and gives new strength in all our hopes and dreams. I feel that I had I seen this movie at the age of 14, 15, 16... I would have changed many things in my life and I would have gone out to the world sooner than when I did. There are sequences in this movie that are priceless. To me, the most beautiful one had to do with her mixing with what surrounds her in the desert. She is wearing a clothing on her head, very subtle and she looks around her and feels something she would not feel in the normal day to day world. The beauty of the desert and its impact in our souls. That is what is portrayed in the sequence. I love everything about this movie, the aboriginals, the dust, the camels, all is so very well portrayed, so simply and natural. The tempo in the movie is also fantastic. It is a long difficult trip and yet the tempo is done with a rhythm that doesn't tire, but makes us feel like walking there too. To desert lovers, this film will not disappoint you. It will make you feel "that feeling". I recommend this movie eagerly to all passionate hearts and the youth in general. This will be an unforgettable movie. During the movie I thought it had been directed by a woman, but I was wrong, so the director really did a great job by keeping the sensitivity of certain scenes that are almost mystical. I remember when I studied English my English book had an article dedicated to Robyn Davidson (in this movie portrayed by Mia Wasikowska) and I thought I would like one day to see a movie about her. There is was!

A movie that yet so simple can make big impact through its way of sincere storytelling.I won't still considered this movie as inspirational. But it does manage to engage you in its innocence. Briefly its about A Journey of young girl captured through a dreary desert where she constantly struggles to find the answers related to her past.Main character played by Mia Wasikowska is almost perfect in judging passion, weakness, struggles of the actual character"Robyn" . She looks very mature as an actress now since her noticeable performance in "The Kids are all right" in 2010. After seeing this film I definitely count John Curran name in one of the underrated director of the current time. He has a unique style of telling a story.The film has a decent soundtrack that goes very well with situation. As the movies is set in Australia, you will able to see the most exquisite locations of the vast Australian desert.This movie is worth a try for its ability of finding an aura of innocence.

A fascinating actress. Quirkily alluring in the off-beat 'Stoker' and 'The Double', and enigmatic in 'Jane Eyre'...and is one of the few young actors whose name alone might bring me to a film whose subject matter wasn't immediately engaging...which is how I came to watch John Curran's adaptation of Robyn Davidson's autobiographical 'Tracks', today. A young woman leading her pet pooch and four camels 1700 miles across the Australian wilderness for no reason other than she can't be arsed with people would not be my first choice of must-see movies, to be truthful, but if anyone could persuade me it was worth a try it would be Ms W. The script is slight, the characterisations fairly basic, but the central performance holds everything together very nicely - particularly combined with the bleakly beautiful landscape cinematography of Mandy Walker (whose work on 2008's 'Australia' was that film's ONLY redeeming feature).