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Information
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 103 min.
- Director
- Wayne Blair
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy, Biography, Music
- Rating *
- 7.0
- Votes *
- 11,120
- Checks
- 746
- Favs
- 43
- Dislikes
- 7
- Favs/checks
- 5.8% (1:17)
- Favs/dislikes
- 6:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
The Sapphires narrowly avoids the dreaded White Messiah trope, except on its marketing where Chris O'Dowd is so prominently featured, by making the four girls in the starring singing act such strong and self-possessed characters, especially the eldest sister played by Deborah Mailman (who I frankly fell in love with). Though in many ways your typical rags-to-success band story, the movie offers some innovations, first and foremost that the protagonists are Aborigine in the 1960s - a time of deep racism - the Vietnam war as background, and the fact it's based on a play written by the son of one of the women this is based on (the names have been changed, so I assume the personal stories are more or less fiction). Each character does have an arc, and between their portayals and the soulful soundtrack, The Sapphires provides lots of watchable charm. 7 years 7 months ago -
Jashezilla
Story doesn't really go anywhere, but the music is phenomenal and Chris O'Dowd steals the show. 5 years 7 months ago -
