Australia vs Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.6/10 for Australia). Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 2h 45m. Australia is the older of the two (2008 against 2014). Both are adventure, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Australia
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart| Australia | Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2014 |
| Length | 2h 45m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Adventure, Drama, Romance | Adventure, Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | – | France |
| Director | Baz Luhrmann | Mathias Malzieu, Stéphane Berla |
| Main cast | Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Bryan Brown, David Wenham, Essie Davis | Rossy de Palma, Moon Dailly, Jean Rochefort, Mathias Malzieu, Olivia Ruiz |
Synopsis
Australia
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces firsthand.
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
In Scotland 1874, Jack is born on the coldest day ever. Because of the extreme cold, his heart stops beating. The responsible midwife in Edinburgh finds a way to save him by replacing his heart with a clock. So he lives and remains under the midwife's protective care. But he must not get angry or excited because that endangers his life by causing his clock to stop working. Worse than that, when he grows up, he has to face the fact he cannot…
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