GamerTab That was an excellent one.

ScoobyMint Disappointment for a huge fan!

Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

ltini-01461 Not only is this TV mini-series insightful, educational and thought-provoking; but it is jam-packed with thrilling cinematography, second-to-none acting from Australia's finest and the occasional nail-biting action scene. Brisbane's suburbia put on display is something truly special showing Australia's diversity and that we don't only have Sydney here. Thanks

gkdyer-62921 I found this series to be very thought provoking, and found myself often wondering what I would have done in the same situation. I found the acting to be realistic and believable, and the script was true to the local lingo. The subject matter remains topical and series such as this one help to put a human face to people often referred to as "boat people".

ozjosh03 The creators of Safe Harbour certainly deserve credit for attempting to construct a dramatic metaphor around the hot-button topic of asylum seekers. Beyond that they deserve very little credit at all, since what they came up with is tortuously contrived, unconvincing from start to finish, and so shot through with plot holes and implausible behaviour that nobody with their brain engaged could possibly identify with any of the characters, much less mistake the unfolding drama for some kind of parable about Australian attitudes to refugees. The drama starts some years after the central Aussie characters have encountered a refugee boat in peril on the open seas, and voted as to whether to tow it to safety, only to have one of them cut the tow rope in the dead of night. When they encounter some of the surviving refugees some years later it sparks arguments about what happened and who cut the rope - as if this wasn't ever discussed in the immediate aftermath or in the intervening years. Moreover, despite bitter divisions about what took place and guilt on the part of at least a few of their number, they all agree to a invite the refugees to an Aussie barbie. Yeah, "as if". But "as if" increasingly becomes the response to almost every plot development. Like Ryan discovering that his daughter has been secretly texting the son of the refugee family, with whom they are now locked in a bitter dispute. Yet he doesn't make her delete the number and halt communication. As if. Later, after breaking in to the refugees flat (as if), he discovers a family planning consultation receipt and immediately leaps to the conclusion that it must be his own daughter who is knocked up by the refugee son (giant, smelly pulsating AS IF). The animosity between the Aussies and the refugees builds and builds, yet at every turn one or other of the characters forces further communication, thereby making things worse. "As if" to every single instance. One is left wondering if the writers have ever even stumbled across the concept of character motivation, given that these characters continually do whatever goes directly against their own best interests - all for the sake of the increasingly implausible drama. I continued to watch out of some misguided sense of duty - given the importance of the underlying issues - but only through gritted teeth and clenched jaw. I really wish I hadn't.

grovervj I have now watched all 3 episodes and it is getting worse every week. I think the acting is mediocre, special effects and music over the top.Of course the Australian critics will rave about it as that is what they do, but it does not measure up to some of the BBC thrillers. They have good story telling, drama without excess and believable actors.As usual Screen Australia have supported a product that should have been rejected, good story, terrible production. Music, acting , lighting, special effects all badly executed.