The movie was about an aristocratic woman, Lady Sara Ashley(Nicole Kidman), living in England who is following her husband to Australia. He is setting up a range /cattle station in Australia, near Darwin.
When she arrives, her husband is murdered. She is totally in shock, but decides to stay in Australi
a to save the range. She has to make sure that the range won’t become part of the territory of the biggest competitor. To save the cattle station, Lady Ashley has to get her cattle to Darwin, for the army. For this, she gets the help of the cattle drover who works at the range(Hugh Jackman). Together with 5 more workers from the range they start the journey towards Darwin. During this journey Lady Ashley falls in love with the cattle drover and she realises that there is always new life to be had.
I’ve always had some kind of obsession with Australia, but unfortunately I’ve never been there. In this movie you can see the beautiful landscapes Australia has.
I first thought, because it is more a drama movie, that it would be a beautiful but sad story. It actually is a movie with a lot of humor in it. Later I read that the producer of the movie, Baz Luhrmann, is the same who made Moulin Rouge, also with Nicole Kidman. You can notice that he made both movies because there are similarities, especially the humor and the acting of Nicole Kidman.
Another reason why I wanted to see this movie, was Hugh Jackman. He is a great actor, but he also looks very good, especially in this movie as rough cattle driver! You could feel the romance between Lady Ashley and him, from the first moment they met each other. Off course there was some fighting in the first place, but later they fell in love.
If you like a romantic movie, with some cultural background and lots of humor, this is a movie you will have to watch!
