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Critics Consensus: The straightforward retelling of Kuki Gallman's life in Africa neither moves or entertains the viewer.
Critic Consensus: The straightforward retelling of Kuki Gallman's life in Africa neither moves or entertains the viewer.
All Critics (101) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (91) | DVD (2)
I Dreamed of Africa boasts the majestic landscapes and wildlife that explain why anyone would be spellbound by the place. But the story is fitfully episodic and the jerky editing doesn't help a bit.
It's neither epic enough to fulfill a grand scope, nor intimate enough to be an overpowering emotional experience.
This film, based on a true story, transcends its handsomeness to present a subtle portrait of a woman's growing consciousness.
In the opening segment of I Dreamed Of Africa, Kim Basinger breaks her leg. The rest of the film is so dull, you can almost hear the bone heal.
Basinger's performance is exceptional. She brings a raw, unselfconscious drive to the role that holds the film together, even while Hudson keeps it hopscotching across time.
Kim Basinger, as Kuki, is attractive and touching, but she's given one unplayable scene after another.
I Dreamed of Africa fails on so many levels that it's hard to even give it credit for the one area in which it excels.
It's very similar in story and theme to Out Of Africa but lacks that film's grandeur and real sense of what makes the heroine love the country.
Given contemporary African issues, the film doesn't ring true or do anything beyond skate over a familiar and all-too melodramatic surface.
Here's hoping your own dreams of Africa are more interesting -- and better acted -- than this movie.
Director Hugh Hudson gives us a Kenya that is dusty, bleak and generally unappealing. Rarely has a movie about Africa aroused so few feelings of escapism.
This flawed film carries within it a rich and complex performance from Basinger.
I don't think this was the best movie. It lacked in the story department as well as acting. Although it did have great landscapes, it still fails to impress.
Super Reviewer
Kim Basinger was excellent in this. The whole film is wonderfully exotic and beautifully shot.
A great movie!
This true drama based on the memoirs of Kuki Gallmann was so emotionally and sadly when she got homestead on a farm in Africa with her new husband and young son.
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