tooelemountains ... in real life one of the most fascinating enigmas that so many people wonder about down to this day. The story has been told before in book and film, all of which were of great interest to me. The story of Hanging Rock picknic was done superbly by Peter Weir in 1975. And there was a captivating movie several years before that. In this version everyone is a little or a lot creepy and somewhat degenerate. I do believe it is a really obscene attack upon the characters of the real people who actually lived out this fascinatingly dramatic incident. Over on Amazon Prime, Amazon has cut off all reviews because they were so bad and Amazon became suspicious there was some campaign against this series. But there wasn't, it's just that this series really is that awful.Unfortunately the people who actually lived out the real incident so long ago are not around to complain that the producers of this series wanted to make it sensational. They went too far, too dark, and way too sick. Instead of attracting interest by sensationalizing the story, they bore viewers with constant, mind numbing, and relentless perversity.

uzielis What the hell was this, I didn't like it then, and don't like it now... The best part was seeing those girl shred off their stockings, but after that, the film evaporated into a most unsatisfying second half that is totally forgettable... Didn't like it then, don't like it now, and I won't like it tomorrow.

ketutar Whose story is this supposed to be? The only interesting people were miss McCraw who being treated like crap, and then she wanders off and we'll never hear of her again. The orphans Albert and Sara. Nothing is told about them much either. Millie and Tom. And they too are just bystanders. To someone's story. Mlle de Poitiers? She has an engagement ring, so - Nah. We will never know who she was engaged to, or what ever happened with her. Why is she in charge at the picnic? Why isn't she punished in any way for losing the girls? I suppose it's because she's SO BEAUTIFUL. That's the only reason for womenfolks to exist. At least in this movie. Except the headmistress. She is there just to be mean. Because power does that to women. And then she becomes a drunk and kills herself. Possibly. Too many people with not much to say. Is this Michael's story? Or Sgt. Bumpher's story? I don't know. I don't think Peter Weir knows.Nothing is ever solved. There's too much ESP in this movie. "I just know I won't be coming back." "I just know I have to go there". People seem to have no other reason to do what they do except that they "know".I hate the "knowing"... the girls are meaninglessly wandering about being airy fairy, talking about love and stuff and things that sound meaningful with a breathy airy light voice. The music is horrible. It's like watching these "you'll never believe these mystical unsolved bla bla bla" videos on YouTube. This one is just 100 minutes in stead of 10 minutes. The clothes... Why is everyone wearing white except the only two women with anything in their head? And then the church clothes... *sigh* Why?Make-up - what's with all these bruises and scratches? Where did he get that cut on his head?The set... was obviously a set. It didn't look like it was an actual room.What's with the butt scene? How was that in any way necessary?And the girls hopping over the brook? There was no need for the fat girl to put her foot into water, but, sure, she did, and the other three, slim, "beautiful" girls, just hopped over like gaselles. Except that Saint Miranda the Angel had to lift her skirt to show off her legs, even though she never needed to lift her skirt. *sigh*And the practically only fat girl wasn't only fat, she was lazy, whiny, stupid and ridiculous and gets slapped. That slap scene also... All the girls are on Iris, and this amazing, wonderful Mademoiselle goes find the fat girl to slap her. Cinematography... er... I don't even care. The story is so fragmented, nonsensical, stupid and boring, I really don't care if it even has any technical value. I give it 2 only because I've seen worse movies, but I don't recommend this to anyone for any reason. I'm sure there are hundreds of movies that are better use of time for any reason anyone could have for seeing this movie. Well, except if one has decided to see all Peter Weir movies. Poor you.

Myriam Nys A masterful adaptation based on a masterful book.The movie is notable for its sense of existential dread. It suggests that this everyday reality is but a thin skin over untold riddles and horrors : think of the surface of a sea, which looks so innocent and welcoming with its dancing wavelets, but can cover everything and anything, from a sunken pirate ship to a whole mountain range. The depths of the ocean could even hide a Kraken, to be glimpsed only on the Last Day ; in fact, the movie strongly suggests that there IS a Kraken, and a more dreadful one than you ever imagined.It was a stroke of genius to set such a story in one of the eeriest sites of Australia, a continent filled to the brink with wonders both known and yet to be discovered. Moreover, it is a continent where even the most sturdy of Western settlers (or their descendants) entertain a complex relationship with their environment, which is at the same time familiar and dauntingly, terrifyingly alien.Note the many, many careful touches which contribute to the nightmarish quality of "Picnic", such as the score : it is not a coincidence that music is played on the Pan pipes. To the Ancient Greeks, who knew a thing or two about fear, Pan was the god not only of wild nature and bucolic entertainment, but also of insane terror.