首部长片便赢得戛纳影展金摄影奖的澳大利亚导演沃里克桑顿，天免自编自导的《新男孩》邀来奥斯卡影后凯特·布兰切特重返澳大利亚影坛，天免饰演1940年代战时澳大利亚的修女，收留睡不惯床铺、不说文明语言，却对万物充满灵性的原住民男孩，直到她发现男孩掌心发光的秘密。绝美荒芜图像结合摇滚诗人尼克凯夫与华伦艾利联手打造的配乐，情绪丰沛且充满感染力，成功将未知与神秘转换成深刻视觉感受。透过画面也仿佛向基督教文明提出质疑，信仰是否只能有一种途径？
林智文
回复 :故事讲述一对情侣坐小飞机去岛屿上参加婚礼，在离开小岛时飞行员不幸突发心脏病，俩人得想办法活下来。
余虹婷
回复 :科学与宗教之间的界限到底怎样划分？两者是对立的，还是一步就能跨越？凯瑟琳（希拉里·斯万克 Hilary Swank饰）的转变就多次源于这个古老神秘的哲学命题。她曾经忠实地信仰天主，虔诚布道，丈夫和女儿却惨死他人手中，这令凯瑟琳不再相信宗教，她坚定的认为，科学才是一切现象的根本，所谓神，只是人们愚蠢的迷信。小镇上发生的怪事，却令凯瑟琳的观念发生了又一次的逆转。只因为，圣经上的预言和这里发生的一系列怪事竟然不谋而合。面对这些神秘的现象，凯瑟琳发现，自己的科学信仰面临着严峻的挑战，在小镇沸沸扬扬的风波中，也许主宰一切的是她一直不愿相信的神明……
蔡镇泽
回复 :John Alexander’s wife, Helen, has left him for her lesbian lover. As she speeds away from their mansion for the last time, her Jaguar explodes and she is killed. As the weeks pass, police detectives begin to suspect Helen’s death to be murder with John as a prime suspect. Still devastated by the loss, John slips into a deep depression until he views a recently made lesbian porn film that appears to feature his dead wife! He becomes obsessed with finding the woman in the film and his search propels him into the sleazy porno underworld of drugs and mobsters, with the police detectives one step behind him.
