The Castle

Name: The Castle
Released: 2021-10-12

30m

🍅87%

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87%

Tomatometer

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92%

Popcornmeter

Storyline

A homeless woman, a loitering housekeeper, a man who lost his key and the children hiding in the suitcase-hiding, seeking and chasing in the castle. "I'm going to meet the king. If you don't stay in the room and run out. Beasts will eat you up." In the empty castle. A loitering housekeeper looking for the body day and night. Woman chasing the king who lost the key. The kids who playing hide and seek in order to find the mother, regardless beasts outside and walk into deeper darkness.

Details

DirectorLan Huang

ReleasedOct 12, 2021

StatusReleased

Original languageChinese

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

6 fresh · 1 rotten

Critics consensus

“Home is where the heart is in The Castle , a rousing Australian comedy that gives audiences an endearing family to root for.”

87% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

David Ansen

RTNewsweekNov 10, 2008

While it obviously struck a deep chord in its homeland, here it's not much more than a light tap on the funny bone. The irrepressibly tacky Kerrigans make an amusing first impression, but the movie essentially has only one joke to offer.

Roger Ebert

RTChicago Sun-TimesJan 1, 2000

The Castle, directed by Rob Sitch, is one of those comic treasures like The Full Monty and Waking Ned Devine that shows its characters in the full bloom of glorious eccentricity.

Tom Cassidy

RTCommon Sense MediaOct 26, 2025

"The Castle" is a thoroughly entertaining lesson in gratitude and kindness that beautifully celebrates the idea of "home."

Leigh Paatsch

RTHerald Sun (Australia)Apr 21, 2020

This timeless comic snapshot of suburban life Down Under remains absolutely un-budgeable from its perch as the most widely adored (and quoted) Australian film of all-time.