Synopsis
Based on true events, "Nitram" lives with his parents in suburban Australia in the mid-90s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration at never fitting in. As his anger grows, he begins a slow descent into a nightmare that culminates in the most heinous of acts.
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Cast
- Caleb Landry JonesMartin Bryant/Nitram
- Judy DavisMother
- Anthony LaPagliaDad
- Sean KeenanJamie
- Essie DavisHelen
- Phoebe TaylorRiley
- Lucy-Rose LeonardGirl In The Bar
- Annabel Marshall-RothReal-estate Agent
- Ethan CookTeacher
- Rick JamesGun Shop Owner
Recommendations
- 100
The Telegraph
The acting quartet of Jones, LaPaglia and double Davis is just immense. - 90
Variety
In its quiet respect for the victims’ dignity, its uniformly outstanding performances and in apportioning responsibility only to those who shirked their responsibilities, and deploying a grief-struck compassion toward everyone else, Nitram may come to be recognized as one of the finest exemplars yet of the mass-shooting movie — inasmuch as we can stomach having an entire genre built around the phenomenon. - 80
The Guardian
Nitram is a hypnotically disquieting movie. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Nitram is an uncommonly tough, taxing film with an aftershock that’s hard to shake. - 80
TheWrap
The implications — ethical and otherwise — that the film raises are too vast to be papered over with a closing plea for tighter gun control. The sentiment is fair and true and absolutely valid. But delivered as sober end titles at the end of “Nitram,” one can’t help but notice a certain irony in such small white letters barely hiding a much darker abyss. - 80
CineVue
Kurzel is a master at building tension of a tragedy foretold. - 75
The Playlist
There’s no doubt that Nitram is a powerful display of filmmaking. But the question remains: Whom is it for? - 75
The Film Stage
Nitram here pulls off the delicate eye of the needle: it has compassion for Nitram’s circumstances without providing an alibi for his actions.
