– Customer review on 17/01/2010

While holidaying in Australia this summer of 2009/2010, I visited Hanging Rock, the place where the movie was filmed and the book was set. They have a little museum themed around the missing school girls at the site, that gives the impression that the 1900's case is true. But as we know, Joan Lindsay's classic novel is a work of fiction. I visited Hanging Rock around two weeks ago, on vacation in Melbourne, Victoria. I was driven to believe that the "true" mystery was still unsolved to this very day, until my family and I drove on to Woodend, which is the main town in the book "Picnic At Hanging Rock". The volunteer man working at the Info Center at Woodend kind of laughed at my mum when she asked "Did they ever find the bodies of the girls...?" I was in the car at the time. So I found out that the story wasn't true after all! My interest in buying the book and film slowly dropped, and when I saw the film it completely ruined it! I have not yet read the book, and I am not too stoked to do so... This film is very dreadful, I have to say.It's definitely for a much older audience, rather than me (I am a twelve year old boy). I found it dull and boring, and instead increased my urge to see "The Blair Witch Project". 2 stars for "Fair".

– Customer review on 10/11/2009

This is the director's cut package, it cuts the romance bit of the surviving girl, without effecting the sequencing of the movie. I noticed not much else different. The reason for purchasing this though, apart from the beautiful presentation of the set if you're a collector, is that it comes with a documentary disc. Boy I found that interesting, it isn't overly long but it is something i hadn't seen before. Interviews and stories from the stars and those connected with it. You can see what they look like now, who the young ladies grew up to become. It is a lovely and enjoyable purchase.