My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career (1979)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 66% of users liked it
    (371 ratings)

Both actress Judy Davis and director Gillian Armstrong made a big splash on the international scene with this charming Australian film that examines late 19th century Australian society from the perspective of a headstrong woman who refuses to follow convention. The film charts the developing… More

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Genres
Drama, Romance, Art House & International
In Theaters
Aug 17, 1979 Wide
Westchester Films

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    This charming coming of age Australian film marks the debuts of two talented women: Director Gillian Armstrong and actress Judy Davis.

  • Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile

    A seminal part of Australian cinema, made at the end of the 70s, when local filmmaking was no longer just a wild dream; in some ways we can see a symbolic metaphor for Australia itself in the story of strong willed Sybylla aspiring to be heard

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    A remarkably assured -- and unfailingly attractive looking -- look at the life of a young woman in 1897 Australia.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    My Brilliant Career is a near perfect film exploring the efforts of an independent-minded farm girl to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jim H


    A woman with literary aspirations falls for an upper class man who tempts her toward marriage, away from her work. The film sets up a familiar dichotomy: Sybylla finds that she must either pursue her career ambitions or settle down to the expectations of Victorian society and marry.… More

  • Randy T


    Sybylla Melvyn is a girl with a spark. She's also a girl who refuses to let 19th century sensibilities extinguish it. Set in Australia in the late 1800's, <i>My Brilliant Career</i> chronicles the story of a woman years ahead of her time. Whoever cast Judy… More

  • jay n


    Slow moving enlightenment drama with Judy Davis giving an excellent performance as usual. The characters are just to remote to really engage you leaving you feeling little for their stuggles.

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