Plot
When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight unlikely high school teenagers band together to fight.
Release Year: 2010
Rating: 6.2/10 (10,336 voted)
Critic's Score: 54/100
Director:
Stuart Beattie
Stars: Caitlin Stasey, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Lincoln Lewis
Storyline Seven Australian teenage friends from a small town go on a camping trip to be with nature. During their trip, they see military aircraft fly overhead. What they didn't know was their country was being invaded by another country. Returning home, they discover that they are at war. With no training, they band together to fight the enemy.
Writers: John Marsden, Stuart Beattie
Cast: Caitlin Stasey
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Ellie Linton
Rachel Hurd-Wood
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Corrie Mackenzie
Lincoln Lewis
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Kevin Holmes
Deniz Akdeniz
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Homer Yannos
Phoebe Tonkin
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Fiona Maxwell
Chris Pang
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Lee Takkam
Ashleigh Cummings
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Robyn Mathers
Andrew Ryan
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Chris Lang
(as Andy Ryan)
Colin Friels
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Dr. Clements
Don Halbert
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Mr. Linton
Olivia Pigeot
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Mrs. Linton
Stephen Bourke
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Police Officer
Kelly Butler
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Mrs. Maxwell
Julia Yon
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Mrs. Takkam
Dane Carson
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Mr. Mathers
Filming Locations: Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
Box Office Details
Budget: AUD 25,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: AUD 3,862,193
(Australia)
(5 September 2010)
(342 Screens)
Gross: $16,525,360
(Worldwide)
(28 December 2011)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Australia:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The character Chris Lang mentions that his parents are in Saudi Arabia which is where Ashleigh Cummings (who plays Robyn) was born.
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes:
When the Gang get back from Hell and go to Ellie's, Kevin finds the contents of the fridge to be rotten, yet the fruit in the bowl is perfectly fresh.
Quotes: Chris Lang:
How funny are dogs?
User Review
Fantastic adaption.......congratulations!
Rating: 10/10
I've just finished watching the world premiere of "Tomorrow When the
War Began" in Sydney with my son. We've both read the complete
"Tomorrow" book series, which we loved - so we went expecting the movie
to not live up to the book because movies generally don't, do they?
Well, we were really pleasantly surprised as this movie is a wonderful
adaption.
A great cast of "unknowns" become the characters we know and love. They
did a fabulous job of capturing the essence of the book with the right
balance of action, character development and teenage romance. It really
is a fantastic effort and I would be very surprised if this film
doesn't smash it at the box office.
We both wanted to sit there and watch it all over again!
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