Walkabout (NR, 1971)
common sense media says
Disturbing, arty survival film best for adults, older teens.
parents & educators say
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this visually-rich drama from 1971 contains some extremely disturbing scenes, including a father shooting at his children and a hanging. Young viewers might be disturbed by the teen girl and young boy's lengthy struggle to survive alone in the Australian outback. Several hunting scenes include animals being killed, gutted, and cooked, with lingering close-ups of carcasses and maggots. The teen girl often appears in her bra, sometimes in her underwear, and a couple times appears topless and nude. These scenes are not explicitly sexual, but some are mildly erotic.
Positive role models:
The teen girl shows amazing resilience in the face of tragedy and takes good care of her younger brother. The Aboriginal teen helps the siblings through a crisis.
Violence:
One particularly violent and disturbing scene near the beginning where a father shoots at his two children and then sets his car and himself on fire. One later scene shows a main character hanged. Several gruesome animal deaths.
Sex:
Full-frontal female nudity in bathing or swimming scenes -- mildly erotic, but non-sexual. Aboriginal teen wears front-piece, but buttocks are exposed. One brief scene of Aboriginal group shows all ages nude, but non-sexual and from a distance. One short scene where men are looking down woman's shirt.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking:
Brief smoking by father and by teen girl after she's an adult.
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