Nitram (2021)
Genre: Thriller / Biography
Duration: 112 minuten
Country:
Australia
Directed by: Justin Kurzel
Stars: Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis and Essie Davis
IMDb score:
7,1 (12.811)
Releasedate: 30 September 2021
Nitram plot
"April 28, 1996, an event upsets Australia"
The year 1996 in Port Arthur in Tasmania. The life of a nameless young man seems normal. He grew up with his parents and befriends a wealthy woman. However, the man will shock the nation. Something prompts him to attack dozens of people with weapons, resulting in 35 dead and about twenty injured. What events preceded this mass murder?
Actors and actresses
Martin Bryant/Nitram
Mother
Dad
Jamie
Helen
Riley
Girl In The Bar
Real-estate Agent
Teacher
Gun Shop Owner
Reviews & comments
james_cameron
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- 7064 messages
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Disturbing portrait, based on true events, of an unstable boy (Caleb Landry Jones) in Port Arthur, Tasmania, in 1996. He would ultimately be responsible for the deaths of 35 people in a senseless act of violence. The film tries to understand what drove him to this act. Jones is phenomenally good in the leading role and director Kurzel has finally returned to his level, after a number of less successful films. The dreary glimpse into the life of the mentally ill protagonist is fascinating in a morbid way and is somewhat reminiscent of Kurzel's debut, the equally disturbing Snowtown.
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mrklm
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Martin Bryant [Caleb Landry Jones] was seen on television as a child as a hospital patient in the burn unit who without batting an eyelid announced that despite his injuries caused by fireworks, he planned to continue lighting fireworks. Hard learning or is there something more going on? Martin (who is mockingly addressed as Nitram) is now a young adult and, given his unpredictable, rude and sometimes downright aggressive behavior, is often the target of ridicule in his hometown. His mother [Judy Davis] can barely stand him anymore and his father [Anthony LaPaglia] is simply unable to keep his son under his thumb. Martin eventually finds friendship with the much older Helen [Essie Davis], an eccentric recluse for whom Martin does some odd jobs and with whom he promptly moves in. A fine role by Landry-Jones who provides his complex, frequently unpleasant character with a combination of humanity and an associated sympathy that keeps the attention. Prepare for a shocking midway twist and a dark denouement in this unconventional story based on true events. The epilogue is also thought-provoking.
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Shadowed
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Director Justin Kurzel returns to a fairly familiar environment after experimenting in America. Nitram's stylization is more reminiscent of Snowtown, coincidentally Kurzel's feature film debut. The viewer can therefore prepare his or her chest for a slowly told story with some background menace in the distance, especially for those who are familiar with the actual background. Caleb Landry Jones acts excellently and is completely absorbed in his character, but the supporting roles also perform very creditably. Despite the true elements, Kurzel fails to make some peripheral issues interesting, in particular the event between Jones and Essie Davis is simply not that interesting. While this director's debut excelled because of the considerable violence, with Nitram the decision was made to only imply the eventual massacre. Martin Bryant is portrayed here as a slightly empathetic figure, but in the knowledge what what he has been up to, that is, in my opinion, the wrong approach. As a social indictment, Nitram is not sharp enough to manage such a nuance, but fortunately as a raw snapshot of an eccentric figure it works. In that respect, Kurzel sits comfortably in the director's chair and still delivers the basic quality you would expect from him.
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