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Director John Curran and writer Marion Nelson recount the 1977 trek of Robyn Davidson (Mia Wasikowska), who walked 1,700 miles from Alice Springs to the west coast of Australia leading four camels and her dog, meeting at intervals with photographer Rick Smolan (Adam Driver), who chronicled her progress for National Geographic magazine. Your response to the movie will depend on whether you view Davidson as a dauntless, free-spirited explorer or an aimless hippie with time on her hands and rocks in her head—frankly, the movie leaves room for both interpretations. Wasikowska and Driver (who closely resemble their real-life characters) are both good, and the desolate scenery is strikingly shot, but the many aborigines who helped Davidson all blend together, as faceless as extras in an Indiana Jones movie.