Out of Africa
1985, Romance/Biography, 2h 40m
85 Reviews 25,000+ RatingsWhat to know
Though lensed with stunning cinematography and featuring a pair of winning performances from Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, Out of Africa suffers from excessive length and glacial pacing. Read critic reviews
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Karen Christence Dinesen Blixen-Finecke
Denys George Finch Hatton
Bror Blixen, Hans Blixen
Berkeley Cole
Farah
Kamante
Critic Reviews for Out of Africa
All Critics (85) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (53) | Rotten (32)
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Sydney Pollack's glorious and stirring Out of Africa is a big-screen epic in the very best sense.
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Beautiful in an illustrative and rhapsodic, rather than dramatic, way, this large-scale adaptation of Isak Dinesen's famous 1937 memoir never works up much steam.
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The movie could probably be shorter, but I didn't wish it so.
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There comes a time in movie addicts' lives when their souls cry out for the kind of film that can fill the screen with magnificent vistas, grand passions and charismatic actors. That's why the arrival of Out of Africa is cause for cheering.
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The most-remembered moments of Out of Africa are the travelogue sequences, which is not what the book or the author are all about.
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A movie of a scale and tone uncommon to Hollywood films.
January 12, 2021 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Out of Africa
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Apr 22, 2019The one thing I miss about filmmaking in this modern era, they don't make films like this anymore. This is a long and well made film with characters at the centre. The cast is amazing and the filmmaker makes for a long emotional journey. A little flawed due to historic inaccuracies, but not uncompromising in execution. The length may result in some negative scores, but these films were a dime a dozen and I miss them. You have all the character you can swallow and when bad things happen, it means something to the characters and the viewers. Flawed film, but never dull. 20/04/2019Brendan N Super Reviewer
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Feb 02, 2018A sumptuous romantic drama that not only dazzles us with its gorgeous cinematography and art direction but sweeps us with the complexity of the characters' emotions and feelings (what unites and separates them), with Meryl Streep and Robert Redford in splendid performances.Carlos M Super Reviewer
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Jun 08, 2014A renowned romantic epic of the 80s, Out of Africa is a long, though undoubtedly grand, spectacle. The film centers on Isak Dinesen, known as Karen Blixen-Flecke, a Danish woman who marries, largely for convenience, her friend Baron Bor Blixen-Flecke, soon embarking to her farm in Africa. It is here that she encounters a different sort of way of life, and meets the inevitable swashbuckler, Denys Finch Hatton, an easy man to be enchanted with but a difficult man to love. The film has a lot going for it, notably its absolutely beautiful cinematography, capturing the captivating and epic African wilderness. Its cast is an admirable one, with Meryl Streep giving her characteristic powerhouse performance, supported by the talented Robert Redford and even Klaus Maria Brandauer. We can't help but be taken with their dynamics, and with the films backdrop, we are swept up in the sheer gravitas of what's going on. This keeps the film engaging and enjoyable for its almost three hour run. There's two notable criticisms, however, that stand out for the Oscar winning epic. One, the narration by Meryl Streep is overdone, and the accent much too thick, something that doesn't match her cadence in the actual film. This is both annoying and distracting. Second, the relationship between Streep and Redford is never quite as believable as it should be. The chemistry between the two seemed inconsistent, with Redford's characterization being the weakest of the film. We never quite "buy" him, we're introduced to him in one of the opening scenes, and the film never feels much of a need to really elaborate on his back-story or motivations outside of that. Overall, however, the film is simply too well executed from both a technical level, and from a narrative standpoint not be compelled by. 4/5 StarsJeffrey M Super Reviewer
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Jan 30, 2014Sydney Pollack's film is full of good imagery but this story didn't need Africa. It is a tale of love told over and over again. The question is whether we needed yet another adaptation.John B Super Reviewer
Out of Africa Quotes
| Denys Finch Hatton: | I don't want to live someone else's idea of how to live. Don't ask me to do that. I don't want to find out one day that I'm at the end of someone else's life. |
| Denys Finch Hatton: | I don't want to find out one day that I'm at the end of someone else's life. |
| Denys Finch Hatton: | And what is it exactly that's yours? We're not owners here Karen, we're just passing through. |
| Denys Finch Hatton: | I don't want to find out one day that I'm at the end of someone else's life. |
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