Product Description

In 1788, Mary Bryant, a starving young Cornwall girl, is convicted of a petty crime and sentenced to seven years in the Australian penal colony of Botany Bay. When Mary initiates an escape, she embarks on an arduous four thousand-mile journey toward freedom in a tragic and triumphant story that would make her one of history's most fascinating and courageous unsung heroines.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12570 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-10-30
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 184 minutes

Customer Reviews

Incredible journey of Mary Bryant
Based on a true story, this movie is about an Englishwoman who was sent to what became the very first penal colony in New South Wales (Australia). The hardships were more realistically depicted than in most stories of this type. Along the way she finds loves and endures even greater hardships, in her quest for freedom. Highly recommend, but not for anyone under 18.

Suspenseful
I found this movie at Ross and bought it because it seemed interesting and I've seen Romola in Daniel Deronda and thought she was a good actress. This movie was very suspenseful and interesting. It is very graphic though and has scenes I cringed at. That makes you all the more want them to escape. I agree with another reviewer in that you are routing for her but at times don't totally agree with her methods. I was curious to how historically accurate the movie was after watching and read about her online. I saw that they did add some things for the sake of drama to the story and changed various details. I didn't think they should've changed those details just to make the movie more interesting because the real story is interesting also. I think it was very worth watching but its one of the kind I watch once and am finished with because I don't often enjoy movies with much violence or open sex which this has. I was glued to watching this till the end though and even couldn't help but shed a few tears near the ending which I never do. It has some what of a bittersweet ending. Overall worth seeing, I think the acting was great! I'm thinking of maybe finding a book about her now to learn more about the real Mary.

entertaining historical drama
A beautifully photographed, well enacted drama that explores the human will to survive the worse imaginable circumstances. Fortunately, this drama had a happy ending, except for all those who died on the way. I thoroughly enjoyed the acting and brilliant, natural colors of the movie.

This film is important since Mary Bryant's story played an important part in reducing the extreme sentencing guidelines used by the English bench. One 13 year old girl around the timeline of Mary Bryant was sentenced to death for stealing a smock (refer to Wikipedia.org).