There is always this feeling that Roeg, the cameraman for Fahrenheit 451 and Far from the Madding Crowd has a positive and original talent bursting to be developed. It's just a case of what that talent is going to find to say.

| Feb 11, 2020

Roeg's training as a cinematographer brings both advantages and hazards.

| Feb 11, 2020

What makes the film triumph over this literalness is another kind of intensity which one feels, since it's a filmmaker's, is all Roeg's.

| Feb 11, 2020

...one of the great art house freak-outs of the 1970s.

| Nov 26, 2018

Aim and Misfire.

| Feb 8, 2018

Beautifully done, I think, with a completely appropriate and consistent style.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 9, 2014

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 13, 2002

An innocent family picnic turns existential in Nicolas Roeg's brilliant Walkabout.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 7, 2001

Roeg's points about the contrasts between noble savages and civilized effetes don't stand up terribly well over time. Still, much of the film does hold up.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Is it a parable about noble savages and the crushed spirits of city dwellers? That's what the film's surface seems to suggest, but I think it's also about something deeper and more elusive: The mystery of communication.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Roeg intercuts images of modern life with the lushness of nature -- offering a stunning fable about the importance of respecting the earth.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000