[5] David Stratton called the film "visually handsome, beautifully directed and for the most part thoroughly entertaining... On any number of levels, including the charming lead performances, it’s a thoroughly winning experience.
"[6] The film is set in the 1860s and starts at a property at Emu Plains, near Roma, Queensland run by Don McKenzie and worked on by Harry Walford.
Harry decides to rustle some cattle with his friend Bluey McGurk; these include an expensive breeding bull.
They discover Lily has only inherited a small amount of money and is working in a brothel run by Mrs Gootch.
"[8] The two leads were inexperienced: Kathryn Walker was an architecture student doing some modelling who had only done school plays; Paul Goddard had only been in one small role.
[1] One critic wrote that "the film is entertaining in its contrived absurdity but lacks any substance behind the comic set ups.
The Wichita Eagle called it "a charming, romantic, bawdy treat that romps along with earnest high spirits.