I didn't really expect this to be good, but the Baz factor got Michelle and I through the door anyway; all of my reservations turned out to be justified, as
Australia is, indeed, an overlong, terribly cliché, not particularly interesting take on the romantic/epic/landscape melodrama thing...not wholly unenjoyable, and the scene where the cattle stampede towards the cliff edge is admittedly spectacular, but really just a bit blah. Hugh Jackman wasn't as good as usual either, though what are you gonna do with a role like that?