To me, this movie is perfection.

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

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.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Tracks (2013) is a breathtakingly beautiful biopic by Australian filmmaker John Curran, which is about the truly remarkable journey of a young woman. It is a screen adaptation (written by Marion Nelson) of Robyn Davidson's memoir.In 1977 Robyn Davidson (Mia Wasikowska) decides to take on a journey across the Australian outback. She covers a distance of 1,700 miles on foot only in the company of her dog Diggity and 4 camels. Davidson was able to get sponsored by The National Geographic, who send the photographer Rick Smolan (Adam Driver) to take pictures of her along the way. She starts her expedition in Alice Springs and after over 6 months arrives on the coast of the Indian Ocean. Curran's film Tracks is a Biopic, but it can also be categorised as an adventure film or drama. It shows Davidson's struggles before and during her journey and addresses themes like dealing with solitude, loss, danger and reaching one's goals. The visual transformation of Davidson is captured remarkably through costume and makeup. Davidson's skin becomes tanner and is starting to show the effects of the sun and her clothes start to look worn out and distressed. Wasikowska and Driver not only look very similar to Davidson and Smolan they also play their characters in very convincingly. The filmmakers also made an effort to recapture the original photographs taken by Smolan through the cinematography. Most of the pictures Smolan (Driver) seems to be taking in the film have an original counterpart. The audience gets to see a beautiful array of extreme long shots in combination with pans that capture the rural desolation of the outback intertwined with medium to extreme close-ups of the animals and people in the film. Occasional shots from above follow Davidson's tracks and show the constantly changing surroundings. Throughout the film, the viewer gets to see flashbacks to Davidson's childhood which gives an insight into her childhood. An additional beautiful detail of the film is the non-diegetic music which is composed by Garth Stevenson. The style of the music is loosely comparable to the desert, it recaptures the wilderness and bleakness through a soft and inconspicuous string and piano music. Overall, Tracks is a stunningly beautiful film that recaptures an incredible true story as well as the Australian desert in an outstanding way.

Inspired by true events, this potent drama tells the story of a young woman's trek from central Australia to the ocean on foot during the 1970s - a journey that took several months with many hardships along the way. The film takes a while to get going with excessive narration by lead actress Mia Wasikowska who suggests an overload of possible reasons for her journey before beginning, but once she gets started, the film rarely lets up. The locations are a wonder to behold as she treks through landscapes untouched by civilisation without any signs of life, but the film represents a metaphorical journey too as she works through repressed memories that pop up throughout. Initially, she is resentful of all human contact, of having to rely on National Geographic magazine for funding as she does really want her journey documented, of tourists who want to photograph her, and of folks along the way who want to support her as she believes that she is independent. As the film progresses though, she comes to truly appreciate human contact and learns to accept that it is natural for people to want things from her, whether it is as love interest, a tourist souvenir, etc. Such a comment might make 'Tracks' sound straightforward though and it is not in the best possible way; there is a dreamlike feel to the film at times as her journey is interspersed with sporadic moments of her wandering sunburnt through the desert, capturing a sense of lost time. The deliberate pacing of the movie occasionally makes it hard to get through, but it offers a memorable experience at the end of the day.

This is the story a young woman (Robyn) in the 70's who is determined to cross Australia on foot. One of her driving motivations is to be alone in the desert. This is harder than it first appears.This is based on a book of the actual journey that Robyn made.The camera work shows off the stunning scenery and vistas. Mia Wasikowska makes an art of being awkward and conflicted. The acting is very good all around.I didn't enjoy this movie as much as I thought I would. Although the story is incredible the actual plot is quite simple. The film is very long for what actually happens. There is a lot of emphasis on Robyn's state of mind and child hood with flash backs galore.I also found it hard to gauge Robyn's progress. You are often told how long she has been travelling but not how far.I imagine if you have read the book this probably works a lot better and is more interesting.

Tracks tells the story of Robyn Davidson's 1700 mile trek across the Australian outback, which she undertook in 1977, walking from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean with only a small train of camels and her dog for company. Directed by John Curran and starring Mia Wasikowska, this long- gestating project is slow-moving, but compelling and involving as this young woman endeavours to accomplish a personal journey that soon becomes very public. Wasikowska is splendid in the lead, giving a quiet, but assertive performance portraying a character thriving in a man's world despite advice to the contrary. Necessity, however, means that she can't journey entirely alone, needing sponsorship and guidance along the way. The former, coming from National Geographic, whose photographer meets her at intervals en route, and the latter in gaining the trust of Aborigine elders whom she must be accompanied by if crossing hallowed ground. Along the way flashbacks inform us of Davidson's past, filling in gaps on her childhood and what may have encouraged her to seek solace in the desert. Whilst her formative months learning to handle and control camels shows how tenacious, intelligent and determined this girl is. Along the way, danger is certainly abound, but this isn't an action movie whilst the mood created is often subdued and introspective. The location shooting is excellent and animal handling first-rate. The camels are particularly anthropomorphic, whilst Davidson's dog, Diggity, proves to be her most valuable companion.