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Turtle Beach

Name: Turtle Beach
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Released: 1992-03-19
Cast: Greta Scacchi, Victoria Longley, Jack Thompson, Art Malik, Joan Chen

1992 | 90 min | Thriller, Drama

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Chopper, start here.
The mood: Tense.
The pace: Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 30 min.
What might put you off: Nothing much for most grown-ups.

Reporter Judith Wilkes leaves her husband and two sons in Sydney and goes to Malaysia to cover the story of the Vietnamese boat people. She becomes romantically involved with Kanan, and strikes up a friendship with Lady Minou Hobday, who keeps a regular vigil at "Turtle Beach" where the refugees try to secretly land, in the hope that one day her own children will arrive. Accompanying Minou one night, Judith witnesses a brutal massacre by the Malaysians, which spurs her on to expose the horrors of the internment camps at Bidong.

How it earned its rating

CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 8K people sought it out in the past year, and interest is climbing

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Cast & crew

Directed by Stephen Wallace

Greta ScacchiJudith
Victoria LongleySancha
Jack ThompsonRalph
Art MalikKanan
Joan ChenMinou
Martin JacobsRichard
Kee ChanBehzad
Norman KayeHobday
William McInnesMinder
George WhaleyBill