He Named Me Malala (2015) - Rotten Tomatoes

He Named Me Malala (2015)

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AUDIENCE SCORE

72%

Critic Consensus: He Named Me Malala spotlights a worthy subject, but without the focus her story deserves.

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HE NAMED ME MALALA is an intimate portrait of Malala Yousafzai, who was wounded when Taliban gunmen opened fire on her and her friends' school bus in Pakistan's Swat Valley. The then 15-year-old teenager, who had been targeted for speaking out on behalf of girls' education in her region of Swat Valley in Pakistan, was shot in the head, sparking international media outrage. An educational activist in Pakistan, Yousafzai has since emerged as a leading campaigner for the rights of children worldwide and in December 2014, became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. (C) Fox Searchlight
  • Rating:
    PG-13 (for thematic elements involving disturbing images and threats)
  • Genre:
    Documentary
  • Directed By:
    Davis Guggenheim
  • In Theaters:
     limited
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  • Studio:
    20th Century Fox

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Cast

Malala Yousafzai
Ziauddin Yousafzai
ToorPekai Yousafzai
Khushal Yousafzai
Atal Yousafzai

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Critic Reviews for He Named Me Malala

All Critics (123) | Top Critics (28)

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…
Top Critic

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…
Top Critic

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…
Top Critic

The chief draw here, of course, is Malala herself: an irrepressible, earnest voice for the oppressed.

October 8, 2015 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Top Critic

Truly a remarkable person.

October 8, 2015 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Top Critic

The film is worthy, obviously, and it forces us to think about the prices paid by our unexpected heroes.

October 8, 2015 | Full Review…
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Audience Reviews for He Named Me Malala

½

With such an interesting story and topic, a real life heroine, this documentary falls a little flat. It fails to tackle the real questions about what happened and focuses on the same information we already know. It is still thought provokimg and Malala is very brave and an inspiration but it could have been better.

Ian Walker
Ian Walker

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