I saw this film when it was first released here in the US. The characters were well=crafted, and the performances were as well. If memory serves me correctly, the ending of the film is sort of anti-climatic, but I overall enjoyed although, for awhile, I started to wonder about Australian society. I get a lot of lottery mail from them. This film was not a gamble. But she was sort of an over-aged Australian Shirley Temple--she never saw past her youthful notion and, I guess, that's what made her kuku!