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He Named Me Malala spotlights a worthy subject, but without the focus her story deserves.
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It's a shame that Guggenheim's slickly produced documentary examines such an important and fascinating story with such underwhelming results. December 30, 2015 | Rating: C- | Full Review…
It's a shame that Guggenheim's slickly produced documentary examines such an important and fascinating story with such underwhelming results.
Gary M. Kramer
The easy intimacy of the family dynamic is the film's big revelation. November 11, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The easy intimacy of the family dynamic is the film's big revelation.
Sandra Hall
This cagey documentary portrait fails to do justice to its inspiring subject, Malala Yousafzai. November 9, 2015 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
This cagey documentary portrait fails to do justice to its inspiring subject, Malala Yousafzai.
Sophie Monks Kaufman
Guggenheim's film is inspiring. November 5, 2015 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Guggenheim's film is inspiring.
Peter Bradshaw
The result is a film more educational than engrossing; high schoolers should see it - the rest of us, maybe not. October 9, 2015 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
The result is a film more educational than engrossing; high schoolers should see it - the rest of us, maybe not.
Brad Wheeler
While Malala's saintly status is front and center, there are lingering, disquieting and incomplete issues all over the place. October 9, 2015 | Rating: B | Full Review…
While Malala's saintly status is front and center, there are lingering, disquieting and incomplete issues all over the place.
Tom Long
Ultimately, this gentle documentary is less interested in the typical needs of drama and more in the patient, accepting demeanor of the remarkable young woman at its heart. March 24, 2020 | Full Review…
Ultimately, this gentle documentary is less interested in the typical needs of drama and more in the patient, accepting demeanor of the remarkable young woman at its heart.
Bilge Ebiri
Even beyond Malala, there's plenty of interesting material to work with here, such as the inside explanation of the Taliban's appeal to the uneducated populations. But He Named Me Malala is simply unable to present it in a coherent fashion. January 10, 2020 | Full Review…
Even beyond Malala, there's plenty of interesting material to work with here, such as the inside explanation of the Taliban's appeal to the uneducated populations. But He Named Me Malala is simply unable to present it in a coherent fashion.
Chris McCoy
Malala is a unique, surprising individual, who's part of a larger history of standing up to oppression. October 21, 2019 | Full Review…
Malala is a unique, surprising individual, who's part of a larger history of standing up to oppression.
Debbie Holloway
Malala is highly confident, well spoken yet cheeky, and the story is powerful and inspiring. August 15, 2019 | Full Review…
Malala is highly confident, well spoken yet cheeky, and the story is powerful and inspiring.
Udita Jhunjhunwala
It's so disappointing to see [Malala] saddled with such a perfunctory, trite, and gushing tribute that barely scratches the surface of this remarkable woman. August 7, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
It's so disappointing to see [Malala] saddled with such a perfunctory, trite, and gushing tribute that barely scratches the surface of this remarkable woman.
Matthew Lucas
A lengthy but fast-paced mixture of animated sequences, dramatised reconstructions, news and specially shot footage, He Named Me Malala is a well-made, easy to digest documentary-lite. May 31, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A lengthy but fast-paced mixture of animated sequences, dramatised reconstructions, news and specially shot footage, He Named Me Malala is a well-made, easy to digest documentary-lite.
Alexa Dalby
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