My Brilliant Career

Name: My Brilliant Career
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1979-08-17
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 6.2

1979 · Movie · G · 100 min · ★ 6.2 · 82% critics

DramaRomance

A determined young woman clashes with her family as they push her toward respectability, especially marriage. Instead, she keeps resisting a life she doesn’t want and searches for her own path, even as circumstances and relationships pull her in different directions.

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Years: 1979
Release date: 1979-08-17
Language: English
Rated: G
Runtime: 100 min
Critic score: 82/100
TMDB rating: 6.2/10 (78 votes)

About

You’ll probably enjoy this charming Australian period drama if you like stories about independence and love competing for attention; Not for you if you want a purely romantic, straightforward arc like Little Women or Enchanted April.

Pros: strong independent spirit; engaging period drama; vivid outback feel | Cons: pacing feels uneven; ending leaves questions