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Nitram (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 friendship meets its tragic end, and Nitram's loneliness and anger grow, he begins a slow descent into a nightmare that culminates in the most nihilistic and heinous of acts.
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Nitram asks viewers to face a gut-wrenchingly grim moment in Australian history -- but rewards that effort with a gripping, well-acted character study.

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Christina Newland iNews.co.uk A thoughtful and icy examination of the creation of a mass shooter. Rated: 5/5 Sep 18, 2024 Full Review Clarisse Loughrey Independent (UK) Nitram is a stark, difficult, but deeply reflective film that asks sincerely why we describe these crimes as incomprehensible at the very same time as we watch the same patterns unfold, again and again. Rated: 4/5 Jul 5, 2022 Full Review Mark Kermode Observer (UK) [A] quietly harrowing drama... Rated: 3/5 Jul 4, 2022 Full Review Calum Cooper In Their Own League While poor mental health certainly isn’t an excuse for any kind of toxic action, let alone murder, it is saddening to see director Justin Kurzel, an otherwise gifted filmmaker, approach this matter in such a regressive manner. Rated: 2/5 Jul 15, 2024 Full Review Ross McIndoe Vague Visages The question of purpose still lingers, of what was achieved by reliving these crimes and humanizing the man who perpetrated them. But thanks to the sense of slow-motion horror that Jones and Kurzel create, Nitram remains a relentlessly intriguing film. Jul 4, 2024 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...an exceedingly (and sometime excessively) deliberate character study that features, at its core, an often spellbinding performance by Jones... Rated: 3.5/4 Dec 24, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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john b I couldn't get a grip on the main charactor. Was he mentally challenged or mentally ill or both.? Why was the rich lady so attached to him? Worth watching, but disturbing and a bit confusing. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/14/25 Full Review Charles T Only leaving a review due to a review here from Diane. Calling Nitram a "psychopathic millennial"... Bryant was born in 1967... so dumb... guessing she's a yank. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/29/25 Full Review Felix T I don't know what everyone else was watching, but this was very boring. Choosing to do a character study of an irredeemable human is a strange choice; he is totally unlikable and nobody that was around that type of individual would be surprised that he shoots up a place. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/30/24 Full Review Alec B A subtle and disturbing character examination. Kurzel is not engaging in cheap sensationalism (evidenced by the fact that the Port Arthur massacre, while acknowledged by the movie, is not openly portrayed beyond its beginning) and while the movie's entire focus is on the perpetrator rather than the victims I think that is a legitimate choice as one can plainly see the repeated patterns in these cases that are too often ignored by authorities. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/24 Full Review Laura B There is nothing new in Kurzam's film, which attempts to approach the figure of the monster with a certain empathy. A monster lacking in love, with a castrating mother and condemned to ostracism by a society that rejects what is different. The underlying discussion is the same as always: whether or not to limit access to weapons, and how to guarantee a balance between individual and collective freedom. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/24 Full Review R B After a slow start, Nitram begins to find its feet when the lead (played by Caleb Landry-Jones) actor meets reclusive and eccentric heiress Helen (Essie Davis) in her grand house squalor. It's then we see more of the disturbed personality of the main character, played well, but not brilliantly. After Helen's death, an opportunity (though a fiction element) to target the car dealer is not realised. The sound on the movie should be improved, there is a lot of mumbling with poor miking, and too much background noise at times. The reason the character targets Port Arthur is also not revealed. Thankfully, Nitram's descent that culminates in the most heinous of acts in modern Australia stops short of the final nightmare scenes, The credits audio is unremarkable. Better audio and a better soundtrack would have helped the film. The film makes a good case to restore the death penalty in Australia. The real Nitram deserves nothing less. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Nitram (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 friendship meets its tragic end, and Nitram's loneliness and anger grow, he begins a slow descent into a nightmare that culminates in the most nihilistic and heinous of acts.
Director
Justin Kurzel
Producer
Nick Batzias, Shaun Grant, Justin Kurzel, Virginia Whitwell
Screenwriter
Shaun Grant
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
GoodThing Productions, Melbourne International Film Festival
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language
Australian English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 30, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 30, 2022
Runtime
1h 52m
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