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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:22
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: This is an old-fashioned, richly textured family film that will appeal to children and adults alike.
Theatrical Release:Sep 30, 2005 Limited
Box Office: $810,666
Synopsis: Set in the exotic country of South Africa, Duma tells the powerful adventure tale of an unbreakable bond of friendship between a cheetah named Duma and an intrepid young boy named Xan (Alexander... [More]
Starring: Hope Davis, Alex Michaeletos, Campbell Scott, Eamonn Walker
Director: Carroll Ballard
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It's a crime what happened to the wonderful African wilderness movie Duma in 2005. Beautifully directed by veteran Carroll Ballard, Duma fell flat in the United States because of bad timing and abysmal marketing.
Top CriticFor those wishing they still made films like The Black Stallion, today is your lucky day.
Top CriticVisually panoramic, a film that revels in making the expanse of a beautiful place palpable.
Top CriticToo suspenseful for the youngest children, but for anyone older than 8 or 9, it evokes nothing less than awe at the harsh beauty of the natural world.
Top CriticLike its title character, Duma has been left to fend for itself by Warner Bros., which is barely releasing it. A successful showing this weekend will prove that there really is an audience for this brand of thoughtful, literate family film.
Top CriticFamily films can be simplistic or condescending, but the joy of Carroll Ballard's work is that it's neither.
Top Critic[Director] Ballard's dime-store philosophizing gets schmaltzy, but the emotions seem heartfelt. And as he has done in earlier movies, he incorporates some spectacular backdrops.
Top CriticUnlike many lesser movies aimed at families, this has heart, humor, thrilling adventure and stunning visuals.
Top CriticI can't say enough about that magisterial cheetah.
Top CriticBallard may give us some lovely pictures here and startlingly alive images of Africa's wildlife. But the movie itself is stuffed.
Top CriticA pleasing fable reminiscent of G-rated nature movies of the '60s and '70s, before kiddie cinema required CGI or hip cultural references.
Top CriticThis soulful, piercingly beautiful story about a boy and his cheetah marks the welcome return to the screen of the director Carroll Ballard.
Top CriticCarroll Ballard still works in his ravishing, nearly pointillistic style of organic visual splendor.
Top CriticSimultaneously innocent and sophisticated, this honestly emotional fable shows why every Ballard film -- and his last was released almost a decade ago -- is a special event.
Top CriticBallard treats the quandary faced by Xan and Duma with a sure hand.
Top CriticSurprisingly flat.
Top CriticDuma, and the sort of intelligent, visually rich filmmaking it represents, are endangered species.
Top CriticExactly the sort of movie parents starved for a good family picture in the theaters should be seeking out.
Top CriticIt's an extraordinary film, and intelligent younger viewers in particular may be enthralled by it.
Top CriticCarroll Ballard has created in Duma another remarkable story of people and wild animals set against a rugged landscape.
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