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Ben Mendelsohn


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Ben Mendelsohn - what members say


  • Animal Kingdom
  • Animal Kingdom review by RedValleyJohn from Biggleswade
    Rated - 4.0 stars Great film slightly spoilt by a confusing conclusion 5 April 2011
    ...h , he is the unstable one who you cant help but detest . Brilliantly played by Ben Mendelsohn . I loved the way the tension is built up in the movie . The way the police ...   Read customer review
  • Beautiful Kate
  • Beautiful Kate review by eaxelrod from London
    Rated - 5.0 stars A sensitive yet unflinching portrayal of one family’s struggle to overcome its dark past 25 August 2010
    ...ackdrop of rural Australia, where nerves are always at flashpoint. Ned Kendall (Ben Mendelsohn) is a reticent, middle-aged writer who brings his big-city (and much younger) g...   Read customer review

Ben Mendelsohn - filmography


  • Trespass on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Nicole Kidman,  Ben Mendelsohn
    Director: Joel Schumacher
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    NICOLAS CAGE (Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Kick-Ass) and NICOLE KIDMAN (Moulin Rouge!) star in the fast paced thriller Trespass. A family are taken hostage by a group of brutal intruders seeking a big score, but no one’s playing by the rules. A taut cat and mouse tale that will keep ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 2,450 members
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  • Trespass - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Nicole Kidman,  Ben Mendelsohn
    Director: Joel Schumacher
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A wealthy family fights back against a gang of ruthless criminals during a violent home invasion in this relentless nail-biter from director Joel Schumacher (8MM, PHONE BOOTH). Powerful businessman Kyle (Nicolas Cage), lives in a private community with his gorgeous wife, Sarah (Nicole Kidman), and ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 1,216 member
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  • Needle on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Jane Badler,  Trilby Glover,  Ben Mendelsohn
    Director: John V. Soto
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Following a bitter legal battle over his late father's belongings, archaeology student Ben Rutherford comes into possession of a strange 18th century mechanical device known as "Le Vaudo Mort". Later that night, after a party at his university campus, Ben flaunts the machine in front of a group ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 690 members
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  • Animal Kingdom on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Guy Pearce,  Ben Mendelsohn,  Joel Edgerton
    Director: David Michod
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Animal Kingdom tells the story of seventeen year-old J (Josh) as he navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 13,662 members
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  • Knowing - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Rose Byrne,  Chandler Canterbury
    Director: Alex Proyas
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on a story by author Ryne Douglas Pearson, KNOWING is a moody sci-fi thriller starring Nicolas Cage as John Koestler, a widowed MIT astrophysicist who lives in wooded seclusion with his young son, Caleb (Chandler Canterbury). When Caleb is handed an envelope unearthed from a school time ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 13,182 members
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  • Beautiful Kate on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Rachel Griffiths,  Sophie Lowe,  Maeve Dermody
    Director: Rachel Ward
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Award winning actress Rachel Ward’s stunning and handsome directorial debut, Beautiful Kate is the story of a family whose all too human mistakes lead to tragedy, recrimination, guilt and finally salvation. Told in parallel strands of past and present, the film recounts the sexual awakening of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,723 member
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  • Knowing on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Rose Byrne,  Chandler Canterbury
    Director: Alex Proyas
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage (National Treasure - Book of Secrets, Leaving Las Vegas) stars in KNOWING, a gripping action-thriller of global proportions about a professor who stumbles on terrifying predictions about the future and sets out to prevent them from coming true. Rose Byrne (Damages, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 54,502 members
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  • Black And White on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Robert Carlyle,  Charles Dance,  Kerry Fox
    Director: Craig Lahiff
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    In 1950s Australia, Max Stuart, an illiterate Aborigine, is suddenly arrested by police for murdering a nine year old white girl. He crumbles under interrogation and signs a confession to the killing, signing away his right to life. Robert Carlyle and Kerry Fox play young, naive defence lawyers ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,128 members
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  • Amy (1998)
    Starring: Alana De Roma,  Rachel Griffiths,  Ben Mendelsohn
    Director: Nadia Tass
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Amy is a story of a young girl who witnesses her dad's death on stage at a rock concert. She becomes mentally mute/deaf after this, and 4 years later discovers she can communicate only by singing.
    1.5 stars out of 5 28% from 5 members
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  • Cosi (1996)
    Starring: Ben Mendelsohn,  Barry Otto,  Toni Collette
    Director: Mark Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A first-time director is thrilled to land a job with a small show ... until he meets the outrageous "performers" he'll be working with! An offbeat group with big-time ambitions that far outweigh their talents, these nutty friends are nonetheless determined to overcome the odds!
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 24 members
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  • Idiot Box (1996)
    Starring: Ben Mendelsohn,  Jeremy Sims,  John Polson
    Director: David Caesar
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Kev and Mick are a pair of aimless suburban Australian slackers whose lives revolve around procuring beer and watching television. One day, it dawns upon them to rob a bank in order to alleviate their boredom, based on how easy it seems on TV. When the big day happens, however, things don't go as ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 88 members
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  • Spotswood on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Russell Crowe,  Ben Mendelsohn
    Director: Mark Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Wallace is an efficiency expert, managing the high profile downsizing of a major auto parts factory. But when he is hired to evaluate a small moccasin factory which seems from another era, Wallace has to reconsider the rapid modernisation he advocates, as he is confronted by the human faces such ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 376 members
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  • Quigley Down Under on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Tom Selleck,  Alan Rickman,  Laura San Giacomo
    Director: Simon Wincer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Quigley (Tom Selleck) is an American sharpshooter imported from the heat and dust of the Old West to the heat and dust of the Australian outback to fight off wild dogs with his six foot rifle. Upon arrival, he learns he's been hired to kill Aborigines by a heartless rancher, which disgusts Quigley, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,781 member
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  • The Year My Voice Broke (1988)
    Starring: Noah Taylor,  Loene Carmen,  Ben Mendelsohn
    Director: John Duigan
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The only thing left to break was his heart. Danny and Freya are allies and confidants until the relentless tides of adolescence change them both forever. The hidden sins of a small town's older generation are re-enacted as Danny struggles toward manhood hopelessly in love with his now mesmerizing ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 27 members
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Ben Mendelsohn facts

5 most recent films

Trespass - 2.5 stars
Trespass - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Needle - 2.5 stars
Animal Kingdom - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Animal Kingdom - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Animal Kingdom - 3.5 stars
Animal Kingdom - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Quigley Down Under - 3.5 stars
Knowing - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Knowing - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Amy - 1.5 stars
Cosi - 3.5 stars
The Year My Voice Broke - 3.5 stars
Idiot Box - 2.5 stars
Trespass - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Nicolas Cage - 5 times - show films
Nicole Kidman - 3 times - show films
Jacki Weaver - 3 times - show films
Cam Gigandet - 3 times - show films
James Frecheville - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Joel Schumacher - 3 times - show films
David Michod - 3 times - show films
Rachel Ward - 2 times - show films
John V. Soto - 2 times - show films
Craig Lahiff - 2 times - show films