Tomorrow, When the War Began – review

Cath Clarke

Thursday, 07 Apr 2011

# Action and adventure films

There's a standout, starmaking performance by Neighbours' Caitlin Stasey as a butt-kicking hero in the first of a potential teen franchise. By Cath Clarke

Australia joins the teen-franchise fray with a butt-kicking girl hero. It's adapted from the first in a series of seven novels for young adults, with a gang of teenagers returning from a camping trip to find their town has been taken over by an invading army. This has a stand-out, star-making performance from Neighbours' Caitlin Stasey – if only she didn't always emerge from battle looking as if she'd just stepped out of a L'Oréal advert.

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