Watch: Snowtown 2011 123movies, Full Movie Online – Sixteen-year-old Jamie lives with his mother, Elizabeth, and two younger brothers, Alex and Nicholas, in a housing trust home in Adelaide’s northern suburbs. Their home is but one of many sun-starved houses crammed together to cater for a disenfranchised society. Jamie longs for an escape from the violence and hopelessness that surrounds him and his salvation arrives in the form of John, a charismatic man who unexpectedly comes to his aid. As John spends more and more time with Jamie’s family, Elizabeth and her boys begin to experience a stability and sense of family that they have never known. John moves from the role of Jamie’s protector to that of a mentor, indoctrinating Jamie into his world, a world brimming with bigotry, righteousness and malice. Like a son mimicking his father, Jamie soon begins to take on some of John’s traits and beliefs as he spends more and more time with him and his select group of friends. The protection and guidance that John presents to Jamie is initially welcomed however as events occur around him, including the disappearance of several people, Jamie begins to harbour deep suspicions about John and his motivations. When the truth is finally revealed to Jamie his hopes of happiness are threatened by both his loyalty for, and fear of, John, his father-figure. The story is taken from real facts that occured in Australia..
Plot: Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother’s new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.
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The Boddies in the Barrels Murders.
The press junket and first wave of critical notices built Snowtown up as a throat ripper that will cause you nightmares. That didn’t do it any favours as per expectation levels for the horror enthusiast. However, this is a superb piece of film making, a real gritty and grainy deconstruction of the human condition gone sour. As with all films of this type that are based on real life incidents, it pays to read up on the facts if you be so inclined.Debut director Justin Kurzel doesn’t shirk from the horrors of the case, but skillfully he doesn’t bang everyone over the head with shock tactics to grab the attention. It’s a relentlessly bleak picture, there’s a continuous build of impending dread, of human devastation wrung out by a master manipulator (Daniel Henshall as John Bunting superb), the depressing story told through the eyes of the simple and confused Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway).
Not to be watched if one is looking to be cheered up! But that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be sought out as essential cinema. It’s a strong and potent film, worthy of inspection by adults who understand that not all film is about entertainment. 8.5/10
Ineffective slow burn
I’m all for an effective slow burn, but this was unfortunately just a drag, with little to no pay-off. The case itself is incredibly disturbing, and just as interesting, but watch one of the many documentaries about it if you want to learn what actually happened in Snowtown.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 59 min (119 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 8452
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Biography, Crime, Drama
Director Justin Kurzel
Writer Shaun Grant, Justin Kurzel, Debi Marshall
Actors Lucas Pittaway, Daniel Henshall, Louise Harris
Country Australia
Awards 23 wins & 23 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Deluxe Australia
Film Length N/A
Negative Format N/A
Cinematographic Process N/A
Printed Film Format N/A