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Waiting for Happiness

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Waiting for Happiness (2003)

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Reviews Counted:17

Fresh:13

Rotten:4

Average Rating:6.8/10

Rated: Not Rated

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Apr 5, 2003 Limited

Director: Abderrahmnane Sissako

Director: Abderrahmnane Sissako
Studio: New Yorker Films

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Strikingly beautiful visual mood piece that resembles in many ways the refreshing intensity of an Ozu family drama.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
05/18/08
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

pretty and it's exotic, but that's all it is.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
07/18/07
Don Willmott
Don Willmott
Filmcritic.com

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12/30/06
Empire Magazine
N/R

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01/26/06
Time Out
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01/15/04
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10/28/03
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
BBC

A skilfully shot film, with startling images and a gentle pace that frequently comes to a full stop just to capture the rhythms of life in an earthbound purgatory.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
10/15/03
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

A moving picture that does not move.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/23/03
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
N/R

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Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
05/16/03
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sublime.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
04/12/03
Maria Garcia
Maria Garcia
Film Journal International

The title perfectly captures the mood of this striking film.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
04/07/03
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Manages to delight without much of a story.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
04/04/03
V.A. Musetto
V.A. Musetto
New York Post
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Though talk in the film often turns to death, Khatra's enthusiasm and love of life keep the movie surprisingly upbeat.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
02/21/03
John Monaghan
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press
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Sissako's slender narrative takes its time reaching its ambiguous conclusion.

Full Review Source: All Movie Guide | comment Comment
02/02/03
Josh Ralske
Josh Ralske
All Movie Guide

A film that will be best appreciated by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms, Waiting for Happiness is ultimately thoughtful without having much dramatic impact.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
11/22/02
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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Once the audience figure out what's being said, the filmmaker's relative passivity will make it tough for them to really care.

Full Review Source: MovieMartyr.com | comment Comment
10/14/02
Jeremy Heilman
Jeremy Heilman
MovieMartyr.com

A spellbinding African film about the modern condition of rootlessness, a state experienced by millions around the globe.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
10/08/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Takes you by the face, strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you: slow down, shake off your tensions and take this picture at its own breezy, distracted rhythms.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
10/07/02
Elvis Mitchell
Elvis Mitchell
New York Times
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The beautiful, unusual music is this film's chief draw, but its dreaminess may lull you to sleep.

Full Review Source: eye WEEKLY | comment Comment
10/05/02
Kim Linekin
Kim Linekin
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Abderrahmane Sissako's Heremakono (Waiting for Happiness) is an elegiac portrait of a transit city on the West African coast struggling against foreign influences.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
10/04/02
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine
 
 
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