I Dreamed of Africa

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Lori M @RT85618563 09/08/2024 I was taken on an epic journey through the authentic portrayal by Kim Basinger & all the supporting cast. I found it to be quite moving & a truly epic film. Ms. Basinger laid herself bare to convey such an emotionally charged & heartfelt performance to us. See more Genevieve P @RT03073390 02/10/2024 Great Movie!! Great acting. Full of emotion. Love Kim Basinger! 🌹 See more Sean S @RT99571076 04/30/2023 The baseball part of this movie is fun and entertaining, But the love story is lacking. Although Costner gives a good performance on the mound, the love story acting isn't the greatest. See more Steve D @RT35616104 02/10/2023 Likely to make you dream too, after it puts you to sleep. See more 08/12/2019 Great story but very sad See more 02/21/2019 The film reimagines a 1970's memoir narrative through an early 2000's lens. Comfy soundtrack and sprawling location shots give a good sense of place. While the cheesy acting and slow pacing may be off-putting to some viewers it has a classic exoticism aesthetic redeployed for the new millennium. The (speaking native language) subtitles are cringey and there are lot of campy moments that could have been avoided with some attention to detail and realism. 50 million dollars was far too much money to spend making a movie of this quality but I can appreciate the wildlife shots for their beauty and the interpretation of the travel memoir for it's perspective. It is a travel experience and personal story of a European woman in Africa who has impeccably bad luck with truck drivers. In the film Kim Basinger's character avoids any sort of developed connections to the people she is living amongst and remains transplatedly European throughout the duration. You'd think for such a large budget they could develop some African characters beyond a few lines but they remain peripheral and unnamed in the main narrative (aside from Lance Reddick's 'Simon'). All that being said, your pet snake will love this movie. See more Read all reviews

I Dreamed of Africa

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