The Year of Living Dangerously

...the film has weathered well, especially in Gibson’s moving relationship with Hunt, the emergence of a man who has contended with politics and morality, but was only now engaging with the reality of people’s lives.

The performances of the movie are a good fit with Weir's direction, and his casting of the Billy Kwan character is a key to how the film works.

Gibson and Weaver (..) enjoy two of their few interesting roles to date, and respond to the challenges put them with intensity and intelligence.