Four men head down a hill toward a glistening river in anticipation of glorious fishing in a remote secret spot. "No women allowed!" one of them yells in a burst of over-exuberant male bonding, and no one disagrees. What none of these men know, however, is that a woman is already there, and her presence will change their lives forever...
Slowly, painfully, the different agendas of husbands and wives, men and women, white and Aboriginal communities vividly reveal themselves. We live on the fault line along with these characters, and it is an experience that is not easy to shake off.
- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times.

Discontent and unease ripple through every frame of Jindabyne, Ray Lawrence's astringent and fiercely acted re-imagining of Raymond Carver's classic short story, "So Much Water, So Close to Home." Transplanting Carver's narrative from the Pacific Northwest to Australia's Snowy Mountains region, Lawrence (Lantana) and screenwriter Beatrix Christian honor their source material, even as they expand upon it to reflect the racial and class divides of Australia.
Jindabyne marks yet another triumph for the director.
- Tim Knight, Reel.com.