Tracks Review

Tracks

Release Date: 10th October 2013 - Australia


Production Companies
See-Saw Films

Distribution
Transmission Films


Genre: Drama

Rating: M

Runtime: 113 minutes


Budget: $12,000,000

Box Office Gross: $4,878,242
(Worldwide)


Plot Summary

Tracks is based on the 
inspirational and iconic 
true story of Robyn 
Davidson. Robyn’s 
phenomenal solo trek from 
Alice Springs to Uluru and 
on to the Indian Ocean saw 
her traverse 2700km of 
spectacular yet unforgiving 
Australian desert accompanied 
only by her loyal dog and four 

unpredictable camels. 

Charismatic young New 

Yorker and National 

Geographic photographer 

Rick Smolan travelled from 

the other end of the earth 

to capture, at intervals, 

this epic and remarkable 

journey into one of 

the world’s last great 

wildernesses. Robyn 

reluctantly agreed to a 

visiting photographer in 

return for much needed 

trip funding and could 

only see Rick’s visits as 

intruding on her solitude 

and compromising 

everything the journey 

meant to her. However, 

this uneasy relationship 

between two very different 

people would slowly 

develop into an unlikely 

and enduring friendship.

Set against one of the 

wildest, most dangerous 

and most breathtaking 

backdrops on the planet, 

this unprecedented 

journey pushed Robyn 

to her physical and 

emotional limits and 

taught her that sometimes 

we have to detach from 

the world to feel connected 

to it. In witnessing this 

extraordinary journey we 

realise that the impossible 

is within reach of us all. 
(Source - Metro Cinemas)

Cast
Mia Wasikowska - Robyn Davidson
Adam Driver - Rick Smolan
Rolley Mintuma - Mr. Eddie
Brendan Maclean - Peter
Rainer Bock - Kurt
Jessica Tovey - Jenny
Emma Booth - Marg

Crew
Director - John Curran

Based on Memoir "Tracks" - Robyn Davidson

Screenplay - Marion Nelson

Producers - Iain Canning and 

Emile Sherman

Production Designer - Melinda Doring
Costume Designer - Mariot Kerr

Cinematography - Mandy Walker 

Film Editor - Alexandre de Franceschi 

Music - Garth Stevenson

Review

It's terrible how blockbuster movies end in the afternoon sessions and not start in the mornings. In a heavy burden to choose a film suitable to my schedule, I was forced to choose 'TRACKS' as my new critique. A movie much like 'The Monuments Men' except it isn't a real wartime story and it is like an everlasting journey of poignancy and survival. True, I only wanted to see it for its scenery of the Aussie wastelands and not a single trace or error of CGI is used on screen. This documented feature tangles in a grip of isolation with sometimes there are less parts of the dialogue not said by one of the main characters. Containing a few scenes that there are unsettling and can sometimes feel emotionally disturbing. I guess that I'm completely warped to oversee and criticise a fewer flaws to tick on my list. 

Also the leading female role is neatly concentrated by the young actress Mia Wasikowska. I never saw her as Alice in the title movie by Tim Burton and I'm glad I would never want to review it today. 

This movie may never be my thing to favour, I think it has done well in half of its sad drama.

Star rating: (7/10) Good Movie

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