Last Ride | |
Director: | Glendyn Ivin |
Producer: | Antonia Barnard Nicholas Cole Anthony Maras |
Screenplay: | Mac Gudgeon |
Starring: | Hugo Weaving Tom Russell |
Music: | Paul Charlier |
Cinematography: | Greig Fraser |
Editing: | Jack Hutchings |
Distributor: | Madman Entertainment |
Runtime: | 101 minutes |
Country: | Australia |
Language: | English |
Budget: | $3,000,000 |
Gross: | A$388,722 (Australia)[1] |
Last Ride is a 2009 Australian drama film directed by Glendyn Ivin. It is based on the novel of the same name by Denise Young. The film follows a young boy (Tom Russell) accompanying his father (Hugo Weaving), who is wanted by the police, across Australia.
The film was given a limited release across Australia on 2 July 2009, and in the United States on 29 June 2012.
The film received universal acclaim from film critics. It holds a 93% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 29 reviews.[2] Last Ride received four and a half stars from Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton respectively on At The Movies.[3] Roger Ebert also gave it the maximum four stars.[4] He later went on to name it as one of the best films of 2012.[5]