Sadly Over-hyped

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Great movie, can not stop thinking about it and it already completely changed some of my views on people. I have only realised that movie was actually silent movie when i was reading reviews of the film by people complaining about it being boring, it is everything but boring. Strongest part of the movie for me was when Delilah walks by the restaurant offering her paintwork for sale and people are looking down at her. I have almost seen myself on one of those chairs. Sad but that's how i felt and i feel so bad about it but i know i have changed. Only thing that makes me angry is that the movie is not offering some solution of this situation. I am from Eastern Europe and we have very similar problems with Gypsies since we have became "democratic" country in 80s so shame that no one back home never thought of presenting this issue in similar way so more people would start thinking of some kind of way how to fix it.

"Samson and Delilah" isn't a badly made movie by any stretch of the imagination, but I nonetheless mostly hated it.It tells the story of two lonely teenagers in aboriginal Australia, pretty much discarded on the trash heap of Australian society (as is the entire aboriginal community if this movie is any indication) who go off together to eke out an existence of sorts in an unnamed Australian city. It chronicles in grisly detail their descent into drug use and homelessness, heaping one horribly depressing indignity on another until it becomes nearly unwatchable. It's not that I don't feel bad for people whose lives are like this. On the contrary, I feel terrible, which is why a movie that exists for no other reason than to make me feel as bad as possible feels like a sermon delivered by some righteous do-gooder full of lessons I've already learned.The last 20 minutes of the film do turn around and offer the hint of a happy ending, but it had already lost me by then and whatever even slightly positive conclusions the movie came to felt false.Grade: D

With a biblical title like this one might come to expect a film of action and excitement. On the contrary it goes at a rather slow pace with very little dialogue and it's set in the middle of Australia where the land is empty and seems to spread out in all directions forever. Every day is the same ending with a sunset all red and gold. Then the black curtain of night descends and the stars come out.The characters in this story are Samson an aboriginal teenager and Delilah an aboriginal girl of similar age living with her aged Granny. The two young characters are well cast. They are inexperienced actors but under good direction they deliver well. The best actor is Granny an old aboriginal woman with the most infectious chuckle. She teaches Delilah the ancient art of dot painting in the hope of selling them to tourists in Alice Springs.The film makers create a Samson who is a part of the land in which he somehow survives. Wirh no job, few friends, he leads an empty life with little hope for the future. His escape is petrol sniffing and listening to western music and admiring Delilah at a distance..When Granny dies, Samson and Delilah go walkabout to Alice Springs camping under a railway bridge. In a typical aboriginal custom they share what little tinned food they have with a stranger. He rebukes them for their petrol sniffing saying it will damage their f***ing brains. This scene does not ring true.The couple wander about in a dazed manner trying to sell paintings. Delilah is knocked down by a car and Samson staggers on back to the campsite unaware of the accident.I thought that Delilah was killed. This was not made clear. The next scene shows her dot painting and care free and looking up into Samson's eyes. A very sudden change in mood I thought from their earlier behaviour. I really felt that eventually they would both die like Romeo and Juliet. But no,the film makers decided to finish with a ray of hope, however slim. Yhe film has a certain magic about it which lingers after the credits roll.

Dramatic and realistic beginning of the movie leads to religious optimism and unrealistic hope.The film is shot efficiently with powerful scenes conveying strong emotions and important story lines in concise forms. The actors play well and convey the story successfully.However the story itself is not good, a religious optimism which is unrealistic and borders on propaganda. Any unfounded optimism makes people apathetic and guides people into accepting injustice and hope for miracles to happen. Only realities, however unpalatable force people to look for solutions to problems. Economic problems can be solved by economic systems, not religions.