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Searing, powerful and eye-opening. Sep 28, 2015 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Searing, powerful and eye-opening.
Desmond Ryan
This film is unblinking in its depiction of the most violent side of apartheid. Sep 28, 2015 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
This film is unblinking in its depiction of the most violent side of apartheid.
Gene Siskel
This is filmmaking meant to engage the heart -- and other visceral organs -- more than the mind; its effects are simple, broad and directly put. Sep 28, 2015 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
This is filmmaking meant to engage the heart -- and other visceral organs -- more than the mind; its effects are simple, broad and directly put.
Dave Kehr
The relentless plot is effectively set up and expertly pursued, and Hugh Masekela makes some striking contributions to Dave Grusin's musical score. Oct 7, 2012 | Full Review…
The relentless plot is effectively set up and expertly pursued, and Hugh Masekela makes some striking contributions to Dave Grusin's musical score.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It's filled with obvious, earnest performances--Marlon Brando's ironic and subtle one is the only exception--and unresonant writing. Oct 7, 2012 | Full Review…
It's filled with obvious, earnest performances--Marlon Brando's ironic and subtle one is the only exception--and unresonant writing.
Sheila Benson
A wrenching picture about South Africa that makes no expedient compromises with feel-good entertainment values, A Dry White Season displays riveting performances and visceral style. Jul 6, 2010 | Full Review…
A wrenching picture about South Africa that makes no expedient compromises with feel-good entertainment values, A Dry White Season displays riveting performances and visceral style.
Variety Staff
I only wish that A Dry White Season were a better film, the film that [filmmaker] Euzhan Palcy is capable of making, the kind of movie she has, in fact, already made. Sep 6, 2019 | Full Review…
I only wish that A Dry White Season were a better film, the film that [filmmaker] Euzhan Palcy is capable of making, the kind of movie she has, in fact, already made.
Kathi Maio
A Dry White Season is a reminder that art should be used to expose the evils that exist in this world. Jul 17, 2019 | Full Review…
A Dry White Season is a reminder that art should be used to expose the evils that exist in this world.
David Harris
One of the most unique and intriguing of the 1980s historical-political films Feb 6, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
One of the most unique and intriguing of the 1980s historical-political films
James Kendrick
A potent picture about the horrors of apartheid. Dec 29, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
A potent picture about the horrors of apartheid.
Matt Brunson
The tough-minded A Dry White Season is the best film yet about the struggle for justice in South Africa. Sep 28, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
The tough-minded A Dry White Season is the best film yet about the struggle for justice in South Africa.
Candice Russell
A Dry White Season tries very hard to attack apartheid in an intelligent, hard-hitting way, but it too fails to reach the level of audience involvement it seeks. Sep 28, 2015 | Full Review…
A Dry White Season tries very hard to attack apartheid in an intelligent, hard-hitting way, but it too fails to reach the level of audience involvement it seeks.
David Sterritt
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