Healing (2014)

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Average Rating: 6.4/10

Reviews Counted: 12

Fresh: 9

Rotten: 3

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Average Rating: 3.7/5

User Ratings: 128

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Movie Info

At the tail end of a 16-year sentence, an inmate is sent to a low-security, pre-release prison with a special program that pairs men with injured game birds.

Rating:

R
Genre:

Drama
Directed By:

Craig Monahan
Written By:

Craig Monahan, Alison Nisselle
Runtime:

119 minutes

Cast

Mark Leonard Winter

Critic Reviews for Healing

All Critics (12) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (3)

There is an organic wholeheartedness to Healing that helps it avoid being twee, thanks in part to a clutch of strong performances.

May 8, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Luke Buckmaster

Top Critic

A prison story with a twist, it's set in the Victorian countryside and graced with moments of pastoral beauty, thanks to Oscar-winning cinematographer Andrew Lesnie.

May 7, 2014 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…

Sydney Morning Herald

Top Critic

It's a film rich in ideas and vivid characters. Watching it is an exhilarating experience.

May 7, 2014 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Top Critic

The film's true star is the lyrical avian cinematography by Andrew Lesnie, of The Lord of the Rings renown.

January 2, 2018 | Full Review…

It has something to say about the importance of therapy (whatever the form) and the power of forgiveness. There's much to reflect upon.

May 18, 2014 | Rating: B | Full Review…

ABC Radio (Australia)

Stock characters and clunky, heavy-handed storytelling keeps Healing, the new Australian drama from Peaches director Craig Monahan, well and truly tethered to the ground.

May 13, 2014 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…

Concrete Playground

Admittedly, Healing is very heavy on metaphors and symbols, yet director Craig Monahan (The Interview) - who co-wrote With veteran tapper Alison Nisselle (Phoenix), inspired by a real prison program - never makes the obvious feel forced or mawkish.

May 10, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

It's Weaving, though - so effortlessly compelling and uncommonly tender - that makes Healing worth watching at all.

May 4, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Healing is well-acted and handsomely photographed but hardly surprising.

May 4, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Supple, meandering and sometimes besotted with the beauty of its own creations, the screenplay tries to embrace several inter-related themes, but fumbles the process

May 3, 2014 | Full Review…

Andrew L. Urban

Raptors with broken wings and inmates with broken lives are the subject of Craig Monahan's film about rehabilitation and letting go. It's a unique drama in which bird and man face parallel challenges as they struggle with their fate and surroundings

May 3, 2014 | Full Review…

This is possibly the most sentimental prison movie I've ever seen. And I was so grateful. It's really lovely. The performances are fabulous.

May 1, 2014 | Rating: 4/5

Margaret Pomeranz

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