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Nitram

Name: Nitram
Director: Justin Kurzel
Genre: Thriller, Crime/detective, Drama
Released: 2021
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Cast: Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis, Sean Keenan, Essie Davis, Anthony LaPaglia

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Thriller
Crime/detective

2021
Justin Kurzel
112 mins
15

Summary

Australian psychological drama following a young man's gradual descent into murderous violence. Based on a true story.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Matt Glasby

Inspired by Tasmania's Port Arthur shootings of 1996, this minor-key drama from Australian director Justin Kurzel (True History of the Kelly Gang) explores the mundane reality behind the headlines. Martin (Caleb Landry Jones), known as "Nitram" at school, is an unstable young man who lives with his frosty mum (Judy Davis) and decent dad (Anthony LaPaglia). He likes playing with fireworks and telling tall tales, but doesn't always remember to take his meds. When he strikes up a friendship with local heiress Helen (Essie Davis), they cut a strange couple amid the suburban blandness. Both leads are excellent, particularly Jones, but any burgeoning closeness between their characters is undercut by the knowledge of the impending tragedy. Kurzel's films are famously brutal, and it's therefore a surprise how tenderly he portrays the deterioration of Martin's mental health.

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7.1/10