It is the story of an indigenous Australian teenager leading a road trip in the late 1960s. After being punished for a youth rebellion, this young man tries to face his destiny along the way as he escapes the mission on a trip that led him home.
Out of left field and Down Under comes Rachel Perkins' musical to surprise viewers, as if a stranger burst into a well-orchestrated song in conversation.
You have to wonder about the film's almost complete portrayal of Aborigines as dim-witted dunderers, dancing fools, thieves and drunks. Whites fare no better. Does the film explode stereotypes, or reinforce them?