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Julia Louis-Dreyfus's Elaine on Seinfeld once offered a non sequitur at a party just to relieve her own boredom: "The dingo ate your baby," she blurted in a bad Australian accent. It was a reference to this harrowing film by director Fred Schepisi, based on a true story. Meryl Streep and Sam Neill play a married couple on a camping trip whose baby disappears. Streep maintains that the baby was carried off by a dingo--a wild dog--but she winds up as the victim of a hard-hearted prosecutor and the target of a nationwide hate campaign, in part because she was a religious fundamentalist who seemed unsympathetic and, thus, became an easy target for the tabloid press. Streep and Neill are both outstanding in this fierce, realistic drama about the ways faith can bolster even in the face of outrageous persecution. --Marshall Fine
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Meryl Streep found a role well-tailored to her skills of impersonation -- as well as to her rather cold on-screen persona -- with A Cry in the Dark, the true story of Lindy Anderson, an Australian woman who was believed to have murdered her newborn child. Director Fred Schepisi displays his usual knack for naturalism and character nuance, without shying away from the more lurid aspects of the case and its lengthy, elliptical trial. Streep appropriately keeps the audience at arm's length for much of the film, as it becomes clear that what's on trial is less the physical evidence in the case than Lindy's reserved personality. Though much of the film is set in the courtroom, Schepisi uses plenty of cutaways and diversions so as not to let the proceedings become static. The director previously teamed with Streep for 1985's Plenty. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus's Elaine on Seinfeld once offered a non sequitur at a party just to relieve her own boredom: "The dingo ate your baby," she blurted in a bad Australian accent. It was a reference to this harrowing film by director Fred Schepisi, based on a true story. Meryl Streep and Sam Neill play a married couple on a camping trip whose baby disappears. Streep maintains that the baby was carried off by a dingo--a wild dog--but she winds up as the victim of a hard-hearted prosecutor and the target of a nationwide hate campaign, in part because she was a religious fundamentalist who seemed unsympathetic and, thus, became an easy target for the tabloid press. Streep and Neill are both outstanding in this fierce, realistic drama about the ways faith can bolster even in the face of outrageous persecution. --Marshall Fine
Review
Meryl Streep found a role well-tailored to her skills of impersonation -- as well as to her rather cold on-screen persona -- with A Cry in the Dark, the true story of Lindy Anderson, an Australian woman who was believed to have murdered her newborn child. Director Fred Schepisi displays his usual knack for naturalism and character nuance, without shying away from the more lurid aspects of the case and its lengthy, elliptical trial. Streep appropriately keeps the audience at arm's length for much of the film, as it becomes clear that what's on trial is less the physical evidence in the case than Lindy's reserved personality. Though much of the film is set in the courtroom, Schepisi uses plenty of cutaways and diversions so as not to let the proceedings become static. The director previously teamed with Streep for 1985's Plenty. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
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