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The straightforward retelling of Kuki Gallman's life in Africa neither moves or entertains the viewer.
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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. Jul 23, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
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.
Desmond Ryan
It's neither epic enough to fulfill a grand scope, nor intimate enough to be an overpowering emotional experience. Jul 23, 2014 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
It's neither epic enough to fulfill a grand scope, nor intimate enough to be an overpowering emotional experience.
Paul West
This film, based on a true story, transcends its handsomeness to present a subtle portrait of a woman's growing consciousness. Jul 23, 2014 | Full Review…
This film, based on a true story, transcends its handsomeness to present a subtle portrait of a woman's growing consciousness.
Richard Schickel
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. Jul 23, 2014 | Full Review…
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.
Keith Phipps
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. Jul 23, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
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.
Jack Mathews
Kim Basinger, as Kuki, is attractive and touching, but she's given one unplayable scene after another. Jul 23, 2014
Kim Basinger, as Kuki, is attractive and touching, but she's given one unplayable scene after another.
Joe Morgenstern
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. Jul 23, 2014 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
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.
Paula Farmer
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. Jul 23, 2014 | Full Review…
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.
Mike Goodridge
Given contemporary African issues, the film doesn't ring true or do anything beyond skate over a familiar and all-too melodramatic surface. Jul 23, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Given contemporary African issues, the film doesn't ring true or do anything beyond skate over a familiar and all-too melodramatic surface.
Lorien Haynes
Here's hoping your own dreams of Africa are more interesting -- and better acted -- than this movie. Jul 23, 2014 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
Here's hoping your own dreams of Africa are more interesting -- and better acted -- than this movie.
Chris Kaltenbach
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. Jul 23, 2014 | Full Review…
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.
George Meyer
This flawed film carries within it a rich and complex performance from Basinger. Jul 23, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
This flawed film carries within it a rich and complex performance from Basinger.
Serena Donadoni
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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