Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Australia) Aug 13, 2020 4/5

This is strong and uniquely Australian storytelling at its very best.

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Doug Cummings Filmjourney Jun 1, 2005

[T]he film emphasizes its fable qualities and sets the stage for its moral structure, which hinges on the merging of power and racism and the possibility of resistance.

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MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher Mar 7, 2005

[D]rags you across acres of despair, a harsh landscape of the angry, terrified side of human nature...

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Kevin Crust Los Angeles Times Mar 4, 2005 3.5/5

A high-minded film that at times verges on didacticism, The Tracker is redeemed by its adherence to a simple yet distinctive approach to storytelling and its uniformly strong acting.

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Glenn Whipp Los Angeles Daily News Mar 4, 2005 3/4

De Heer doesn't want the violence to distract from the sadness and the substance of the movie's mythic history lesson. It's an inventive idea, one that probably doomed the movie's commercial prospects here in the States.

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David Stratton Variety Mar 3, 2005

An imposing film that tackles a serious theme with dignity and even audacity and that features production values of the highest quality.

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Ernest Hardy L.A. Weekly Mar 3, 2005

An engrossing study of race and history in Australia.

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Jay Antani Slant Magazine Feb 24, 2005 3.5/4

The Tracker is the first significant movie to find its way into American theaters in 2005.

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Jules Brenner Cinema Signals Feb 19, 2005 3/5

Specially composed songs makes the study of men driven by primitive cruelty and ruthless justice something of a tone poem.

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Nick Carter Milwaukee Journal Sentinel May 13, 2004 3/4

Combines a classic movie-Western setting and narrative with a Heart of Darkness-like morality play.

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Kent Turner Film-Forward.com Apr 9, 2004 3/5

Interspersed with moments of great suspense, the tragic cat-and-mouse survival adventure overshadows the heavy-handed didacticism.

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Walter V. Addiego San Francisco Chronicle Mar 19, 2004 3/4

See the film mainly for the quiet and powerful work of Gulpilil in the title role.

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Chris Hewitt St. Paul Pioneer Press Feb 26, 2004 2.5/4

Too often, The Tracker explains when it would be better to suggest.

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Harry Haun Film Journal International Feb 7, 2004

An obvious, hot-coal piece of politically correct agitprop.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 30, 2004 3.5/4

The Tracker is one of those rare films that deserves to be called haunting.

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Richard James Havis The Hollywood Reporter Jan 27, 2004

The Tracker has the punch of a good Western with a clean and direct script plus an adventurous use of songs and folk paintings.

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Joshua Tanzer Offoffoff Jan 20, 2004 3.5/4

Has the same cinematic grandeur that people admire about John Ford's classic 'The Searchers' without that film's racist reflexes. It's mythmaking of a much higher caliber.

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Maitland McDonagh TV Guide Jan 16, 2004 3/5

The film's bleakly inevitable ending packs a wallop and its hauntingly desolate images linger long after the story is told.

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Megan Lehmann New York Post Jan 16, 2004 3/4

An engrossing drama.

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Jami Bernard New York Daily News Jan 16, 2004 1.5/4

De Heer leaves no stone unturned in going for the obvious.

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