Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika) Reviews
Global Rhythm Magazine
Very moving, well-written, and better-acted, but bitterly realistic.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Bangitout.com
Nowhere in Africa is long enough that each character is meticulously studied and developed while Link takes the time also to provide wonderfully patient, artistic moments
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| Original Score: 3.5
Uruguay Total
Una buena historia para decir un par de cosas sobre el desarraigo, los lazos familiares, y la chance de empezar una nueva vida siempre que sea necesario.
Reno Gazette-Journal
The acting is wonderful throughout, and director Carole Link has crafted a tale with the dramatic scope of a great epic. The English Patient comes to mind.
| Original Score: A
About.com
Caroline Link's Oscar winning film has sweeping theme music, stunning cinematography and a well-told story that offers a unique slice of history.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Laramie Movie Scope
An epic story that deeply explores the lives of Jewish expatriots during World War II.
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| Original Score: B
Charlotte Observer
Writer-director Caroline Link adapted Stefanie Zweig's expatriate memoir gracefully, languidly and with full understanding of its heroine.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Creative Loafing
Unusual in how it expertly blends two popular types of movies to create one seamless motion picture experience.
| Original Score: 3.5/4
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
Excellent.
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| Original Score: A
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
While Roman Polanski's The Pianist may be the most shattering film to deal with the Holocaust, Nowhere in Africa may well be the most human.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Film Threat
Offers an admirably understated study of the family's constantly shifting desires, fears and allegiances.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
UK Critic
It's poignant, capturing the feeling of a young person's scattered memories.
| Original Score: 3/4
Top CriticEverything in the film rings true, is deeply moving, richly photographed, and wonderfully acted.
| Original Score: 5/5
Kansas City Star
Populated with personalities so completely rendered that they're as believable as the people next door.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It didn't move me.
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| Original Score: B-
Austin Chronicle
It's exactly the sort of import you'd expect to walk off with an Academy Award.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
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