Rating: 
Summary: spellbinding
Review: The story of the baby who was taken by a dingo was perhaps the most newsworthy of the 1980's. I was at the time a master control operator at Channel Seven in Melbourne and on duty when the news of a missing baby at Ayres Rock in Central Australia came thru. I had the job of organizing the television signals from the Rock to our network in Melbourne. It was quite a task and seeing the events unfold on the DVD, I again revisited my own part of the overall picture of history. Further to this event, my 3 year old daughter [Nicolette] was eventually to play the role of Kahalia Chamberlain in Fred Schepschi's film and appears in the final 3 scenes. I still work in the TV/Film industry and occasionally look back at this excellent piece of dramatised history as a genuine piece of work, accurately played out and presented. History proved the innocence of Lindy and the incompetence of our forensic work, however, hindsight is a wonderful thing Barry Minster
Technical Manager
Melbourne Australia
Rating:
Summary: chilling account
Review: This is a measured, sober, and critical film that very clevery presents the way in which public hysteria can affect justice for individuals and is relevent to all societies. With this in mind, I would like to object to an early comment about "the blood thirsty, bigoted morbid folk of Australia." My mother, with many of her friends, campaigned on Lindy Chamberlain's behalf at the time and although there are others with opposing views it hardly warrants that kind of stereotype. I doubt that as an Irish person that the reviewer would like to be judged by some of the ridiculous cliches and stereotypes about the Irish. The film, on the other hand, is incisive and intelligent and depicts with moving gravity the seriousness of trial by media.
Rating: 
Summary: This MOVIE WAS JUST TOO HALLARIOUS TO TAKE SEROUSLY!
Review: This movie is just a true joke. I remember seeing this movie in the middle of the night once before the time of all night infomercials. I remember seeing this movie in the twilight of my mind that place bordering on brain dead and boredom late one night. I had honestly talked myself into beleving I did not see this dreck until I happened to stumble upon it here at Amazon. As serious fare this movie is a ripe stinker with no redeeming characteristics whatsoever save one. Veiwed in the right alas morid anti-social callous context this movie is a hoot. The more I think of it the whole movie has a totally lamer excuse, "The Dog (Dingo) Ate My Homework" feel to it. I mean a movie about how a "Dingo ate my baby" get real, the parents collectively must have the I.Q's of a very small bowl of yeast. Add to the mix the cardboard acting, bad accents and truly lame script and its like watching a film called How NOT to make a movie 101 at a community college. I'd buy this movie for one reason so I could have a personal living object lesson on JUST HOW BAD A TRULY LAME MOVIE CAN GET! If Oscars were given for worst movies this one would have few rivals and NO PEERS!, in my humble opinion. This movie does work as a dark comedy if you are roaring drunk, stuck infront of a DVD player / TV without strength, coordination or inclination to move in desparate need of a laugh. I wish that hungry Dingo had ate the master print of this movie before it had any chance to reproduce. Had that dingo eaten this tripe he would have been voted humanitarian of the year for such a selfless act by a greatful world. Bad Dingo Bad Bad Dingo.
Rating:
Summary: This MOVIE WAS JUST TOO HALLARIOUS TO TAKE SEROUSLY!
Review: This movie is just a true joke. I remember seeing this movie in the middle of the night once before the time of all night infomercials. I remember seeing this movie in the twilight of my mind that place bordering on brain dead and boredom late one night. I had honestly talked myself into beleving I did not see this dreck until I happened to stumble upon it here at Amazon. As serious fare this movie is a ripe stinker with no redeeming characteristics whatsoever save one. Veiwed in the right alas morid anti-social callous context this movie is a hoot. The more I think of it the whole movie has a totally lamer excuse, "The Dog (Dingo) Ate My Homework" feel to it. I mean a movie about how a "Dingo ate my baby" get real, the parents collectively must have the I.Q's of a very small bowl of yeast. Add to the mix the cardboard acting, bad accents and truly lame script and its like watching a film called How NOT to make a movie 101 at a community college. I'd buy this movie for one reason so I could have a personal living object lesson on JUST HOW BAD A TRULY LAME MOVIE CAN GET! If Oscars were given for worst movies this one would have few rivals and NO PEERS!, in my humble opinion. This movie does work as a dark comedy if you are roaring drunk, stuck infront of a DVD player / TV without strength, coordination or inclination to move in desparate need of a laugh. I wish that hungry Dingo had ate the master print of this movie before it had any chance to reproduce. Had that dingo eaten this tripe he would have been voted humanitarian of the year for such a selfless act by a greatful world. Bad Dingo Bad Bad Dingo.
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