An unexpectedly moving tale about the importance of familial ties as well as the need for environmental regulations and preservation.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Nov 14, 2020

The result is actually less effective as family entertainment, and a bit heavy-handed. But it still has measures of scenic and sentimental appeal that should win over most viewers, particularly those not already invested...

| Oct 15, 2020

The story has been updated with an environmental element, it is about 20 minutes too long and there's no real drama, but children who love animal films should especially enjoy it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 12, 2020

It was worth the remake.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 6, 2020

Sweet enough to be a slam dunk for animal lovers, while Bruce Young's crisp, cool cinematography acts like a fresh breeze through a sentimental, largely loveable story.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 6, 2020

If this 2019 version of Storm Boy, ... is supposed to honour the legacy of Colin Thiele's text, then one has to wonder whose dog Thiele ran over first.

| Apr 4, 2020

The movie is still a serviceable entertainment for wee ones.

| Feb 20, 2020

It has the visual wonder and strangeness of a Carroll Ballard movie like The Black Stallion or Fly Away Home. And the skeptical-looking pelicans are surprisingly endearing.

| Jan 7, 2020

It's sort of disposable, but kind of sweet.

| Sep 27, 2019

It's an entirely serviceable, enjoyable little product that proves difficult for the viewer to not become invested

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 1, 2019

From production craft to the thematic storytelling of inspiration, the movie carries a simple sweetness that deserves an audience.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 16, 2019

Storm Boy sinks under the weight of its obviousness.

| Apr 11, 2019

While there's obviously a line connecting the two stories, the clash between Michael's romanticized youth and the tech-heavy contemporary setting feel like an odd fit at times.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 8, 2019

A nice old fashioned family film and a possible introduction to the Australian New Wave.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 5, 2019

"Storm Boy" wants to be a high-flying inspirational tale, but its wings are clipped by bad storytelling.

| Original Score: C | Apr 5, 2019

The stylish visuals and alternately silly and poignant boy-and-bird sequences help an otherwise predictable story take flight.

| Apr 5, 2019

I confess I have never been a big fan of films involving kids and animals bonding, but even I will admit that as long as Storm Boy sticks to this particular path, it is uncommonly good.

| Apr 5, 2019

It feels honest and alive, however modestly so.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 5, 2019

Storm Boy tells a familiar, but endearing tale

| Original Score: B- | Apr 5, 2019

At once uplifting and melancholic, it's the right "Storm Boy" for our turbulent times.

| Apr 4, 2019