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10/30/09
Munyurangabo (2009)
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Reviews Counted:17
Fresh:16
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.8/10
Theatrical Release:May 29, 2009 Limited
Synopsis: This acclaimed Rwandan drama--the first full-length, narrative film in the Kinyarwanda language--explores the friendship between two boys as they try to overcome the gap between the Hutus and... [More]
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Reviews for Munyurangabo
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Top CriticCompared to "Munyurangabo," admirable films like Terry George's "Hotel Rwanda" or Michael Caton-Jones' "Shooting Dogs" seem like so much heavy-handed melodrama.
10/05/09
If you can get past the mercurial changes in emotions and the slow pace you'll find a film that has a lot to say about war and peace, hatred and love, revenge and reconciliation
09/25/09
Poignant and authentically moving film.
09/19/09
ou wouldn't think a movie with so many cultural elements to draw on would have to steal from Disney.
08/26/09
It is in every frame a beautiful and powerful film -- a masterpiece.
07/23/09
Top CriticIt's the latest in a long and worthy line of low-budget, partly improvised neorealist movies that mix fiction with documentarylike qualities.
06/26/09
Munyurangabo, a simple, naturalistic parable about a journey to the countryside by two young men, reflects on the chances of peace and reconciliation for survivors of Rwanda's bloody recent past.
06/12/09
Top CriticIt's raw and rough, but beautifully photographed and classically constructed, with an undercurrent of awful tension and a lyrical sensibility.
06/05/09
Top CriticA compelling, provocative and well-nuanced drama that's also refreshingly unpretentious and quietly engrossing.
05/30/09
In order to survive, one can’t hold onto innocence nor wash away the bloody, tattooed existence of the past. And even with this grim reality, there is some semblance of promise. Not everything corrupt stays that way.
05/29/09
Munyurangabo uses the fine-grained techniques of cinematic neorealism to illuminate the psychological and emotional landscape of a still-traumatized place.
05/29/09
Top Criticintelligent enough to understand where history and blood are built into Rwanda but realistic enough to know that forgiveness is a long way off.
05/28/09
Chekhov’s principle of drama is in full effect, but what’s remarkable about this film is how it slowly steers its way from portent to poetry.
05/28/09
Without proselytizing, what's left in this machetes-to-ploughshares tale is, unexpectedly, a powerfully Christian film.
05/27/09
Top CriticTwo friends in Rwanda dealing with the fallout from the genocide which lingers in their consciousness and souls.
03/22/08
There's a patient attentiveness and inquisitiveness to Munyurangabo. that seemingly springs, at least in part, from the cultural divide between Korean-American filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung and his native Rwandan cast, milieu, and language.
03/13/08
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