Rams

2020

Adventure / Comedy / Drama

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 73% · 54 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 73% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 4152 4.2K

sheep remake sheep farm brother brother relationship bushfires rural setting

Plot summary

In remote Western Australia, two estranged farmer brothers, Colin and Les, are at war. But when Les' prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal illness, authorities order a purge of every sheep in the valley—so the brothers must work together to reunite their family, save their herd, and bring their community back together.

Director

Jeremy Sims Photo
Jeremy Sims

Top cast

Sam Neill Photo
Sam Neill as Colin
Michael Caton Photo
Michael Caton as Les
Asher Keddie Photo
Asher Keddie as Angela
Mehran Modiri Photo
Mehran Modiri as Reza
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1.07 GB
1280*534
English 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 58 min
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1.07 GB
1280*528
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 58 min
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2.19 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
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24 fps
1 hr 58 min
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2.19 GB
1904*784
English 5.1
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 58 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Jackblyth8 7 / 10

Emotive and Moving

Inspired by the sensational Icelandic picture of the same tale (where funnily enough, the sheep were credited as actors), Rams is a 2020 Australian screenplay of writer Jules Duncan, a former TV reporter with Channel 9 and GWN.Starring Sam Neill, the film depicts the story of the striking illness that spreads through the local sheep flocks in Western Australia, causing chaos among the local farmers. Brothers Les and Colin are made to set aside their differences and help fight back against the governmental authorities, in order to protect their animals.Most movie's featuring animals as their core narrative possess a heart-warming and comforting tone to accompany the delicate and at-times saddening rhythm that is seen on-screen. There is also a more communal film with productions outside the usual American / English billboards, giving the spectacle a more communal display and allowing you as the audience to immerse yourself in empathy of the characters, offering you to feel a part of the story, and connect with the personalities within.Amassing over $4.3 million in a Box Office struck by COVID-19 preventing a strong cinematic turnover, Rams is a film with compassion, illustrating a devastating crisis in a wonderful, sincere way, its honest form bodes well with perfect dry humour to compliment its tinged sorrow.I would usually make an overall summarisation in a few lines of what a surprising movie this was, but no one puts it better than Leigh Paatsch of the Herald Sun who said, "At times, it is as charming a (blackish) comedy as they come. At others, it is a strikingly well-observed drama."
Reviewed by xpat-55192 6 / 10

Six stars will do.

Much as I respect and like Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson and Michael Caton as actors and still do, I thought this movie would deliver me much more entertainment than it did.A story without any breathtaking highs or spectacular lows, outrageous laughs or shoulder-shaking melancholy had me almost begging for it to end.The funniest parts in the movie involved the constant handling of the prized ram's prized plums by all and sundry.Honestly? It was.I gave the cast three stars and the lucky ram the other three.
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