SummaryNitram (Caleb Landry Jones) lives with his mother (Judy Davis) and father (Anthony LaPaglia) in suburban Australia in the Mid 1990s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration at never being able to fit in. That is until he unexpectedly finds a close friend in a reclusive heiress, Helen (Essie Davis). However, when that relationship meets a tra... Read More
Directed By:Justin Kurzel
Written By:Shaun Grant
Nitram
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
81
User score
Generally Favorable
7.7
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
81
88% Positive
23 Reviews
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12% Mixed
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Jul 15, 2022
100
Condemned in Australia by two of the victim’s families, there’s an argument to be made for Nitram not being watched at all. But by refusing to paint Nitram as an out-and-out monster, the film’s masterstroke is its compassion. It exposes politicians as the real criminals in an unspeakable tragedy that we still haven’t learned from today.
Jul 17, 2021
100
The acting quartet of Jones, LaPaglia and double Davis is just immense.
Mar 30, 2022
88
More than an explainer of motives behind a single person mass shooting, Nitram is a character study wrapped in a tone poem, an unpacking of a man who feels like he has run out of all potential paths to happiness and believes that acts of violence spark action.
Mar 30, 2022
80
The killings themselves may remain off-camera, but the movie is still an uncomfortable watch. In Jones’s smoldering performance, we see a man stretched beyond his limits, a rubber band just waiting to snap back.
Jul 17, 2021
80
Nitram is an uncommonly tough, taxing film with an aftershock that’s hard to shake.
Jul 23, 2021
75
Nitram here pulls off the delicate eye of the needle: it has compassion for Nitram’s circumstances without providing an alibi for his actions.
Jul 7, 2022
40
Although the film avoids depicting any act of violence (aside from that which Nitram inflicts on his father and a shooting we hear but don’t see) its sympathies seem strangely weighted in favour of a man who showed none to the people he murdered.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.7
81% Positive
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Mar 30, 2022
10
Brilliant Movie! Caleb Landry Jones deserves an Oscar for this performance. Yes it is THAT good!! One of the best on screen performances I've ever seen! And one of the best movies about that topic too! You wont forget this one!
Jul 14, 2022
9
Justin Kurzel made this movie a mission It was not a school project. It hooked the audience quick. About 4 really disturbing scenes in the movie total and your sitting there awaiting the next mind breaker. I would highly recommend this movie to High Schools movie classes across America This would help anyone out there that suffers from toxic environments at home. The audience felt the ugliness and cruelty Powerful stuff
Production Company:
- GoodThing Productions
- Melbourne International Film Festival
Release Date:Mar 30, 2022
Duration:1 h 52 m
Awards
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 8 Wins & 15 Nominations
Australian Film Critics Association Awards
• 5 Wins & 8 Nominations
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
• 4 Wins & 7 Nominations
