AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Steineded How sad is this?

Abbigail Bush what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

thirtyfiveshots Unfortunately, I truly had to search far and wide to find a way to view this film, being that there was no release in the U.S. (at the time that I became aware of its existence), couldn't purchase it outside of the Australian iTunes system, and I was unable to find a website hosting it. That being said, I was not disappointed when I finally got my hands on a copy. This film is about the characters and their personal journeys and development throughout there search for Lasseter's gold. Not only are we given insight into the life of Lasseter and his son, but the filmmaker's obsession with the legend as well. This is character development at its finest. I will be doing a further reading on this story. (Somewhat reminded me of the story of the Lost Dutchman mine in the southwest U.S.)

Jennifer Crowe If you're like me and you can't resist a good mystery, this is the film for you. Australia's Lost Gold not only tells the tale of a famous legend originated in the blazing desert country, but does so in such a way that any viewer, docu-fan or not, is fully entertained. Besides the obvious drive director Luke Walker has for his subject, the surrounding characters he meets throughout the film are spunky, entertaining, and do nothing but push him onward towards the treasure he seeks. Not to mention his vital partner Bob Lasseter, 85-year-old son of the famous Harold Lasseter, who has spent over 30 years searching for his father's missing gold just to clear his family's name. The two spend much of the film trekking through the Australian wild, popping their tires from rolling over deadly sharp terrain and meeting Aboriginal people along the way. Looking for the obscure "three hills that resemble women in sun-bonnets talking" and a mountain that looks like "a man in a Quaker's hat," Walker and Lasseter reference Harold's personal diary, archives about the story, and accounts from people met during his original conquests to search for the 7 foot reef of pure gold that numerous bravehearts have tried to find since the early 1900's.

Tony Ramsden I grew up with the story of Lasseter's Reef, my dad being an avid collector and re-teller of bush tales. The funny thing is I had always accepted as fact that there really was a reef out there somewhere. I used to dream of finding it one day. It wasn't until I chanced upon this doco that I stopped to think that there might be another side to it. I thought the film flowed really well, and I enjoyed the way the story unfolded as the different characters were introduced. What a ripper bloke young Bob is! It was well researched, and very well structured and presented. I especially enjoyed the archival footage. Great job by the film maker Luke, who is a photogenic and enjoyable cast member. (For what it's worth I'm still a believer).

john dunne I signed up to IMDb in order to review this documentary and hopefully save someone else from wasting their time. How almost nine hundred people can give this an average of over nine out of ten makes me question if the maker of the film has a very large extended family because as documentary's go this is incredibly dull. I wont spoil it but after the first ten minutes I spent the next hour and a half saying to myself this cant be all there is to this story, it was. The only people who seemed to be mesmerized was the crazed old man and the filmmaker, sunk cost bias, by the end I actually felt sorry he wasted two years of his life on this. Want some suspense from a doc try "The Staircase" and avoid this.