
Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons inquiry. What seems like a simple light duty investigation opens a web of crime and corruption. Jay must pull his life together and bury his differences with young local cop Josh, so together they can bring justice to Goldstone.... (Full plot summary below)
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Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons inquiry. What seems like a simple light duty investigation opens a web of crime and corruption. Jay must pull his life together and bury his differences with young local cop Josh, so together they can bring justice to Goldstone.
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| Screen InternationalSarah WardGoldstone proves a film of harsh landscapes of the physical, psychological and political kind, and of the burdened silences and pointed dialogue of a place where people hear everything but choose to say very little. |
| Seattle TimesMichael UpchurchMy nominee for best overhead shots in world cinema. |
| ABC Radio (Australia)CJ JohnsonAn artful pot-boiler, a boiling, roiling poem of callousness and intrigue that operates as a very direct but never "on-the-nose" metaphor for no less than the history of Australian white settlement. |
| PopMattersStephen MayneA collection of stunning shots and carefully paced action that has all the more impact for refusing to rush. |
| Adelaide ReviewDavid 'Mad Dog' BradleyOne of the key Aussie films of the year with a tough cast, fine playing and a vivid sense of time and dusty, dangerous place. |
| The AustralianDavid StrattonThe film delivers both as a thriller and as an expose. Pedersen and Russell, both very good as the two cops, head a distinguished and talented cast. |
| Movie TalkJason BestA compelling mix of slow-burn mystery and explosive action set against the harsh beauty of the Outback landscape. |
| Cinema ScopeIan BarrWith its tossed-off subplots involving shonky mining deals, sex trafficking and alcohol smuggling, it resembles a TV season's worth of developments condensed maladroitly into feature length, even as its pace remains languid. |
| Irish TimesTara BradyNo contemporary screen actor can do duplicity quite like the great Jacki Weaver. |
| Washington PostMichael O'SullivanUltimately, though set in the remote Australian bush, "Goldstone" is grounded in the vivid familiarity of the here and now. |