The Royal Hotel
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After running out of money while backpacking in a tiny, male-dominated town in the Australian outback, two friends resort to a working holiday at the Royal Hotel. When the locals behavior starts crossing the line, the girls find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.
- Released:
- Runtime: 91 minutes
- Genre: Drama, Thrillers
- Stars: Jessica Henwick, Julia Garner, Hugo Weaving, Toby Wallace, Nick Slater, James Frecheville, Daniel Henshall, Barbara Lowing, Ursula Yovich, Alex Malone, Bree Bain
- Director: Kitty Green
Comments
- pgcdutt - 23 June 2024
Could have gone further...
This is a good example of Australian cinema with great photography, solid acting and well thought through directing.
The story arc starts well initially but I found myself checking the run time towards the end of the film thinking there was more to come. It's almost as if the third act was missing.
There were some curious local characters introduced that we really didn't get to know. I love the fact that we didn't get to know what happened to the previous bar girls but without seeing what the bad boys are truly capable of really diminished the gravity of any potential conflict and consequently the size of any payoff.
I'm left wondering if the script was edited down to fit a production budget. It's like being taken on a journey with no intention of reaching the destination. The ending seemed rushed and far less thought through that the preceding scenes.
This was a potentially good film but was it compromised somewhere somehow? - CrustyDad - 14 May 2024
Excellent production.. terrible plot
Another example of why the Australian govt must step in and sponsor these dry ideas. Surely, the Australian Film Fund has better stories to invest in. It's almost a good film. Excellent cast and performances. A sort of developing plot. But then it never goes anywhere.
Just some "Australiana" with some great actors wasted on predictable bogan characters. Disappointed this is all Kitty could manage. The story lacks depth and intrigue., the back stories of som of the characters seems ripe for development but were never explored. This film is a collection of incidents that would simply define Australian relationships back in the 70s. The ending looks like Kitty needed to find a way to end an otherwise endless mediocre story. A pity because it initially was interesting but then never develops in any significant way.
