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Review: Head-butting, estranged sheep-farming brothers must unlock their horns in ‘Rams’
Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times
The gentle Australian comedy “Rams,” a remake of the highly regarded Icelandic submission to the 2016 Oscars, winningly puts viewers in the worn boots of stubborn sheep farmers and in the company of elderly brothers who can’t stop butting heads.
Colin (Sam Neill) is a kind fellow who greets his beloved flock each morning with a smiling “You’re beautiful … and you’re beautiful.” He’s respected in his close-knit, Western Australian sheep-farming community; he’s shyly warming up to local vet Kat (Miranda Richardson). He lives next door to an irascible, often drunk, but similarly competent farmer, Les (Michael Caton), whose prize rams are every bit as good as Colin’s and to whom he hasn’t spoken in 40 years. The two are, of course, brothers.
A snowy Icelandic saga is given a sprinkling of dry Aussie wit in this handsomely shot remake of Grimur Hakonarson s sheep-farming drama. As in that 2015 award-winning film, this is the story of two brothers who live on neighbouring farms but haven t spoken for years.
âRamsâ Review: Ailing Sheep and Quirky Characters
This comedy-drama starring Sam Neill, Michael Caton and Miranda Richardson depicts a catastrophe for a farming community in Western Australia.
Sam Neill in “Rams.”Credit.Samuel Goldwyn Films Rams
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The rough, dirty life of Australian sheep farmers would seem an unlikely topic to yield much in the way of cinematic lyricism. Especially in a narrative involving sheep actually dying of a devastating disease. Nevertheless, âRams,â rooted in a 2016 Icelandic movie of the same name, has its pastoral moments (mostly in its breathtaking views of Western Australian landscapes), not to mention raucous comedy.
The gentle Australian comedy “Rams,” a remake of the highly regarded Icelandic submission to the 2016 Oscars, winningly puts viewers in the worn boots of stubborn sheep farmers and in the company of elderly brothers who can’t stop butting heads.
Colin (Sam Neill) is a kind fellow who greets his beloved flock each morning with a smiling “
You’re beautiful … and
you’re beautiful.” He’s respected in his close-knit, Western Australian sheep-farming community; he’s shyly warming up to local vet Kat (Miranda Richardson). He lives next door to an irascible, often drunk, but similarly competent farmer, Les (Michael Caton), whose prize rams are every bit as good as Colin’s and to whom he hasn’t spoken in 40 years. The two are, of course, brothers.