This is uncomfortable, enlightening and compelling viewing, proof that America isn't the only country with endemic and casual racism and how social media only makes such problems worse.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 10, 2020

Strikingly well-produced, this documentary takes a deep dive into systemic racism in Australian society through the salient perspectives of football legend Adam Goodes and journalist Stan Grant.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jun 22, 2020

An important documentary, particularly with everything going on in this moment...

| Jun 16, 2020

You don't need to be Australian, know a bean about Aussie Rules football or have even heard of its subject, indigenous AFL player Adam Goodes, to walk away from this moving documentary fired up and challenged.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 12, 2020

Unlikely to win high praise for originality. But as The Australian Dream methodically sets out the unspeakable, too-often unspoken, injustices of European colonialism, the novelty of formal innovation pales in comparison to the more important issue.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 10, 2020

Goodes is now rebuilding his psyche. Less certain is that of Australia, a country that, like others, relies for its self-image on a certain amnesia.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 10, 2020

One man's story embodies the prejudices of a nation.

| Jun 9, 2020

A clear-eyed screed, a dignified rebuke, and a vital document.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 14, 2020

Gordon uses blockbuster tools - pairing bold visuals with the kind of thundering sound design that makes your joints rattle - to turn this well-organized sociology lesson into a more visceral cinematic experience.

| Jan 13, 2020

This energetic and emotional portrait of footballer Adam Goodes is an essential snapshot of the road to reconciliation.

| Sep 22, 2019

An essential film on race and sports, and of the emotional and professional cost of a person of color speaking up and taking a stand.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 21, 2019

This documentary is fascinating, harrowing and candid, allowing - for better or worse - Goodes to have the final word on his ending.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 17, 2019

What makes Goodes such an inspirational hero is the fact that he never matches hate for hate. He's teaching tolerance.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 15, 2019

My wish is that every Australian see this film.

| Original Score: A | Sep 10, 2019

A thoughtful, layered companion piece to The Final Quarter.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 9, 2019

Nevertheless, it's hard not to be moved by The Australian Dream, though it's plainly obvious this is less a major feat of documentary filmmaking than a tremendous story passionately and empathetically told.

| Sep 9, 2019

It can be exhausting when your very identity is politicized. The film feels exhausting at times too, but in a way that's to its credit - both Goodes and the doc are unrelenting, and they refuse to let fans or viewers off the hook.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 8, 2019

A sobering but emotional reminder of unresolved history.

| Aug 30, 2019

It's a small victory, in the scheme of things, but one which would move the dial in a country where the very name of Australia is an act of dispossession, a branding over the many nations that were here before - that are still here.

| Aug 29, 2019

So much more than just a documentary outlining an incident of abuse, The Australian Dream places a mirror against Australia's own history of burning racism and forces us to address it in a manner that can't easily be avoided

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 22, 2019