uzielis What the hell was this, I didn't like it then, and don't like it now... The best part was seeing those girl shred off their stockings, but after that, the film evaporated into a most unsatisfying second half that is totally forgettable... Didn't like it then, don't like it now, and I won't like it tomorrow.

ketutar Whose story is this supposed to be? The only interesting people were miss McCraw who being treated like crap, and then she wanders off and we'll never hear of her again. The orphans Albert and Sara. Nothing is told about them much either. Millie and Tom. And they too are just bystanders. To someone's story. Mlle de Poitiers? She has an engagement ring, so - Nah. We will never know who she was engaged to, or what ever happened with her. Why is she in charge at the picnic? Why isn't she punished in any way for losing the girls? I suppose it's because she's SO BEAUTIFUL. That's the only reason for womenfolks to exist. At least in this movie. Except the headmistress. She is there just to be mean. Because power does that to women. And then she becomes a drunk and kills herself. Possibly. Too many people with not much to say. Is this Michael's story? Or Sgt. Bumpher's story? I don't know. I don't think Peter Weir knows.Nothing is ever solved. There's too much ESP in this movie. "I just know I won't be coming back." "I just know I have to go there". People seem to have no other reason to do what they do except that they "know".I hate the "knowing"... the girls are meaninglessly wandering about being airy fairy, talking about love and stuff and things that sound meaningful with a breathy airy light voice. The music is horrible. It's like watching these "you'll never believe these mystical unsolved bla bla bla" videos on YouTube. This one is just 100 minutes in stead of 10 minutes. The clothes... Why is everyone wearing white except the only two women with anything in their head? And then the church clothes... *sigh* Why?Make-up - what's with all these bruises and scratches? Where did he get that cut on his head?The set... was obviously a set. It didn't look like it was an actual room.What's with the butt scene? How was that in any way necessary?And the girls hopping over the brook? There was no need for the fat girl to put her foot into water, but, sure, she did, and the other three, slim, "beautiful" girls, just hopped over like gaselles. Except that Saint Miranda the Angel had to lift her skirt to show off her legs, even though she never needed to lift her skirt. *sigh*And the practically only fat girl wasn't only fat, she was lazy, whiny, stupid and ridiculous and gets slapped. That slap scene also... All the girls are on Iris, and this amazing, wonderful Mademoiselle goes find the fat girl to slap her. Cinematography... er... I don't even care. The story is so fragmented, nonsensical, stupid and boring, I really don't care if it even has any technical value. I give it 2 only because I've seen worse movies, but I don't recommend this to anyone for any reason. I'm sure there are hundreds of movies that are better use of time for any reason anyone could have for seeing this movie. Well, except if one has decided to see all Peter Weir movies. Poor you.

SnoopyStyle On Saint Valentine's day 1900 in the state of Victoria, Australia, schoolgirls from Appleyard College go picnicking at Hanging Rock led by teachers Miss Greta McCraw and young de Poitiers. Below them, Michael Fitzhubert is having lunch with his Colonel uncle, aunt, and valet Albert. Back at school, headmistress Mrs. Appleyard has kept Sara from going. At the picnic, buggy driver Ben Hussey notices his watch has stopped and Miss McCraw's watch has also stopped at noon. Miranda St. Clare, Marion Quade, Irma, and Edith go off to explore spied by Michael and Albert. After a nap, three girls walk off and Edith runs back in hysteria. Miss McCraw go in search for them as the rest return home with Edith. The locals set off to find the missing four. Appleyard fears losing students. She tells Sara that her benefactor has stopped sending money. Irma is found but she won't talk about the disappearances.There is a light dreamy sense of foreboding for the first part. It's a little slow at the beginning as one wonders what the story is going to be about. It has repressed sexuality. It's a moody, haunted mystery. It's a lot of things. The most daring of all is that it gives no obvious answers. That can very infuriating. It also leaves the audience with a haunted feeling. The scenes at the Rock are almost hypnotic. I would have liked more time at the Rock in the later parts. The Sara story hints at an even darker world at the school. Most of the actors are relative amateurs. For instance, Sara mumbles a lot of her lines but that fits her character. This is kinda floaty haunting mystery.

inioi The film seems to be a simple story of a group of students going to a rural picnic in Hanging Rock (a lava geological formation with rock pinnacles).But the movie goes far beyond.It's pure existentialismBehind the usual situations, seems to be a mysterious power operating on the girls (and on the viewer) whom are dragged into an eerie maze. The perceptions begin to experience relevant changes. Everything feels differently: comments and opinions do not seem to come from any teenager girl, but from an ancient wisdom knowledge related with spiritualism and non-dualism. For instance:-Marion:"A surprising number of human beings are without purpose, though it is probable that they are performing some function unknown to themselves".-Miranda: "What we see and what we seem are but a dream, a dream within a dream".-Miranda: "Everything begins and ends at the exactly right time and place".They seem to have entered into a dreamland dimension, suspended in time. An ethereal energy which makes all acts are led by a high level of awareness and absolute sense of freedom.However, according to Sara, Miranda predicted her own fate: she would not return. So she could have had a prior intuition about her predestination. Her ethereal mood, mystery and beauty are perfectly portrayed by Anne-Louise Lambert.We have a story in which fate and power of nature are intertwined. In the end, the most relevant fact is the feeling that remains in some viewers long after having seen the movie: the feeling of void, nothingness, the inexplicable, the beyond...10/10