When the budding romance for a local girl (Jessica Mauboy) starts making him have conflicting feelings about his calling for the priesthood, a young Aborigine named Willie (Rocky McKenzie) decides to head home to see if there’s more to life than religion. It may sound like a dry and serious subject, but under the delightful direction of Rachel Perkins this high- energy musical (that’s right, musical) is an absolute delight. The songs are catchy as hell — don’t be surprised if you find yourself singing ‘Nothing I Would Rather be (Than an Aborigine)’ for days after you see it — and the dancing is energetic and well filmed. The two leads give good performances, but it is Geoffrey Rush’s work as the priest who wants the boy to come back into the fold that steals the show.
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