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While Emmanuel's Gift has a moving story to tell, it does so in a less than compelling manner. Nov 29, 2005
While Emmanuel's Gift has a moving story to tell, it does so in a less than compelling manner.
Frank Scheck
Emmanuel's Gift is certainly not a bad movie. It's just a case of good intentions unintentionally interfering with a great story. Nov 3, 2005 | Rating: B-
Emmanuel's Gift is certainly not a bad movie. It's just a case of good intentions unintentionally interfering with a great story.
Eleanor Ringel Cater
A documentary about Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, a one-legged young man from Ghana, Africa, who overcame his handicap to ride a bicycle across his country, among other amazing achievements. Oct 28, 2005 | Rating: 3/4
A documentary about Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, a one-legged young man from Ghana, Africa, who overcame his handicap to ride a bicycle across his country, among other amazing achievements.
V.A. Musetto
Yeboah is so levelheaded about his own accomplishments that the swelling score and emotional narration from Oprah Winfrey feel embarrassingly sentimental. Oct 21, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/4
Yeboah is so levelheaded about his own accomplishments that the swelling score and emotional narration from Oprah Winfrey feel embarrassingly sentimental.
Elizabeth Weitzman
Directed in the breathless inspirational tones of an infomercial, the film's an acceptable document of a thoroughly remarkable individual. Oct 21, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Directed in the breathless inspirational tones of an infomercial, the film's an acceptable document of a thoroughly remarkable individual.
Ty Burr
Emmanuel's Gift is a powerful story of political change almost smothered by contrivance. Oct 20, 2005 | Rating: 3/5
Emmanuel's Gift is a powerful story of political change almost smothered by contrivance.
Jeannette Catsoulis
[It] is essentially a too-long overcoming-the-odds clip that helps fill up a hole or two in the Olympics TV schedule. Back to you, Bob Costas. Apr 4, 2006 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
[It] is essentially a too-long overcoming-the-odds clip that helps fill up a hole or two in the Olympics TV schedule. Back to you, Bob Costas.
David Cornelius
[E]xtra poignant not just because it's true but also because of the refusal of directors Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern to pander to easy sentiment or to place Yeboah on a pedestal of superhumanity... Jan 3, 2006 | Full Review…
[E]xtra poignant not just because it's true but also because of the refusal of directors Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern to pander to easy sentiment or to place Yeboah on a pedestal of superhumanity...
MaryAnn Johanson
...a wonderfully inspiring film about overcoming disabilities and not forgetting others who also share your problems. Dec 6, 2005 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
...a wonderfully inspiring film about overcoming disabilities and not forgetting others who also share your problems.
Jonathan W. Hickman
An inspiring documentary about a charismatic and determined young man who almost single-handedly has changed the way the disabled are treated in Ghana, Africa. Dec 4, 2005 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
An inspiring documentary about a charismatic and determined young man who almost single-handedly has changed the way the disabled are treated in Ghana, Africa.
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Oprah Winfrey is almost too good at narration. Nov 24, 2005 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Oprah Winfrey is almost too good at narration.
Phil Villarreal
Unfortunately, the sound-bite journalism of filmmakers Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern glosses over the larger unanswered questions in the documentary. Oct 22, 2005 | Full Review…
Unfortunately, the sound-bite journalism of filmmakers Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern glosses over the larger unanswered questions in the documentary.
Maria Garcia
Inspirational documentary about Emmanuel, a one legged man from Ghana, Africa. He not only overcame his own disabilities but became a champion for the disabled in his country.
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