Snowtown
Directed by Justin Kurzel
Based on true events, 16-year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.
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- Kevin WardSeptember 5, 2025Justin Kurzel’s debut is as bleak and punishing as they come. Daniel Henshall gives a chilling performance but you can really see Kurzel’s fascination with character studies leading up to horrific and historical violent events. Snowtown didn’t land quite as sharply as Nitram. I felt like Nitram was more attuned to the psychology of its subject. Snowtown, on the otherhand, has a more punishing grimness that sometimes overshadows the sense of character insight Kurzel is clearly reaching for and accomplishes a little better with Nitram. Still, it’s a really solid debut. I still need to check out his Kelly Gang feature.
Snowtown Trivia
Snowtown was released on May 19, 2011.
Snowtown was directed by Justin Kurzel.
Snowtown has a runtime of 2h.
Snowtown was produced by Sarah Shaw, Anna McLeish.
Based on true events, 16-year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.
The key characters in Snowtown are Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway), John Bunting (Daniel Henshall), Elizabeth Harvey (Louise Harris).
Snowtown is rated Not Rated.
Snowtown is a Drama, Crime, Biography film.
Snowtown has an audience rating of 6.6 out of 10.
Snowtown had a budget of $2M.
Snowtown has made $1.3M at the box office.