ABC Africa (2002)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:18
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.6/10
Theatrical Release:May 3, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: Originally intended as a documentary about the orphans of Uganda's destructive civil war, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami (TASTE OF CHERRY) expanded the scope of ABC AFRICA to include those... [More]
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
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Reviews for ABC Africa
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Despite the locale, ABC Africa is both new and familiar for those who know Kiarostami, and it's a great introduction for those who don't. Full Review |
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Unexpectedly humane and lovely and not at all preachy. Full Review |
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3/4 |
There is a sense here of an encroaching darkness humbly met, unburdened by one-note feelings such as fear or joy and simply experienced as a profound moment of enlightenment. Full Review |
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B+ |
An upbeat personal film telling in an amiable touristy way the story of the Ugandan orphans. Full Review |
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Will do nothing to advance or detract from the reputation of the acclaimed Iranian filmmaker. Full Review |
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A gorgeous and surprisingly profound meditation on a place and its people. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Kiarostami has crafted a deceptively casual ode to children and managed to convey a tiny sense of hope. Full Review |
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C |
Very much a home video, and so devoid of artifice and purpose that it appears not to have been edited at all. Full Review |
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B |
Kiarostami profoundly displays Uganda's life and culture through his touristy pictures, as deceptively simple as the alphabet Full Review |
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D |
So muddled, repetitive and ragged that it says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker's characteristic style. Full Review |
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2/5 |
There are more shots of children smiling for the camera than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film. It's makes a better travelogue than movie. Full Review |
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B |
The you-are-there style ultimately enhances ABC Africa's ability to get inside the soul of Uganda, and of the viewer. Full Review |
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A movie of seemingly limpid transparency and tremendous, understated compassion. Full Review |
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ABC Africa, with its impressionistic style, doesn't provide much in the way of facts ... but it does provide glimpses of the dying. Full Review |
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C |
The people in ABC Africa are treated as docile, mostly wordless ethnographic extras. Full Review |
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4/5 |
The rich and surprising series of 'impressions' that comprise ABC Africa celebrate the orphans' resilience and, even amid such destitution, the richness of human experience. Full Review |
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