Nullah...stole the Australian thunder

"Mrs Boss! We gotta get those fat cheeky bulls into that bloody metal ship." Remembered this phrase so well because i must admit that i was totally mesmerised by the performance of that little Aboriginal boy Nullah in the latest Nicole Kidman movie, "Australia".When i agreed to come along with the family to watch the movie i was more expecting to see a film to be dominated by Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman performances,well Nicolle got my attention and rapture in her astonishing earlier movie as a demented suffering mother in "The Others" and Jackman,well he is Mr Van Helsing!!
As i settled down to watch the movie "Australia" and being so tired after a very hectic week i was resigned initially to a 3 hours of dreary boredom of a movie.I was wrong and not because of Kidman"s performance(too one dimensional in my view) as she tried to portray herself as an English aristocrat turned cattle breeder ( with not a spot of dirt on her Laura Ashley design dresses i presume) and Jackman tired efforts to look like an Australian macho(to me he seems more European,if you want an Aussie don't go further than crocodile Dundee) BUT i was alerted to attention and began to absorb myself in the movie because of this young boy character ,NULLAH. Not since Bat Latif's smart rendition in that old Malay classic "Nujum pak belalang" had i ever felt astounded by a young talent's performance(not even Mcaulkin home alone performance i wish to consider). His natural portrayal of a brownie eats into you and you have no problem to understand why Kidman's character Lady Ashley was so taken by him and loved him so much that it becomes so infectious.
"Mrs Boss, am no magic "....Nullah roll it.