The life of decadence that Mike has exists to show how far he’s come from his humble beginnings growing up on a beach in the middle of nowhere, but instead it plays like an ode to pompous white businessmen.Īctually, it’s worse than that. While the A-plot still carries an emotional punch (mostly thanks to the pelicans), it does so while in combat with a decidedly empty and extremely contradictory manufactured B-plot. Oh, and to also have Grandpa Storm Boy call up a helicopter and fly himself and Madeline off to some beach so he can put his feet in the sand and talk about some pelicans he knew way back when. This shoe-horned extraneous framing device exists to contemporise an already relatable core narrative. Slap in the face and goes against everything she wants for her future. For Mike’s granddaughter, Madeline (Morgana Davies), it’s a Son-in-law, Malcolm (Erik Thomson), this is the culmination of years of dealingĪnd bargaining. Some reason, the company wants to establish a mine in the Pilbara, and for Mike’s That he still has to vote on the board of a company he’s associated with. Is now a retired businessman who lives a pretty comfy life, except for the fact Storm Boy, played with accentuated agedness and gruffness by Geoffrey Rush. Writer Justin Monjo throws in a present-day set narrative featuring an older Meanwhile, because a straight adaptation would be too easy, Storm Boy decides to raise them, giving them the names Mr Proud, Mr Shots of hunters, and not too long afterwards, discover three orphaned pelicanĬhicks. Asįingerbone Bill and Storm Boy are wandering the dunes one day, they hear the There, Storm Boy becomes friends with Fingerbone Bill (Trevor Jamieson). Mike aka Storm Boy (Finn Little), off to a remote beach to raise him. Landing with all the grand fanfare and pomp that an adaptation of a celebrated book and film comes with, director Shawn Seet’s version employs big name stars like Jai Courtney and Geoffrey Rush to act as set dressing for the stars of the show – three pelicans.Ī quick rundown of the plot of Storm Boy: grieving father ‘Hideaway’ Tom (Courtney) takes his son, To honour this momentous occasion, there has been a video game released, as well as a remake/re-adaptation of Henri Safran’s AFI Award winning film of the same name. In the year 2019, Colin Thiele’s classic novella, Storm Boy, will be celebrating its 55 th anniversary.
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