Timbuktu
2014, Drama, 1h 37m
123 Reviews 5,000+ RatingsWhat to know
Gracefully assembled and ultimately disquieting, Timbuktu is a timely film with a powerful message. Read critic reviews
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Kidane
Satima
Abdelkrim
Fatou la chanteuse
Djihadiste
Zabou
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Critic Reviews for Timbuktu
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Calling Sissako a brilliant filmmaker is an understatement.
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It's skilful, sardonic, honourably humane. Are those qualities, today, enough?
December 30, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
Sissako, who always has balanced his social conscience with a stridently comic sensibility, frames the Islamists as figures of fear, but also of mockery.
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For a film that makes you sick with dread, Timbuktu has a light, at times glancing touch.
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What makes it so unusually compelling as a protest film is that it's also a richly poetic work of cinema - witty, beautiful and even, sobering though it is, highly entertaining.
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This is a film in which small pieces stand in for a daunting and horrifying whole.
May 29, 2015 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Timbuktu
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Oct 11, 2015A devastating portrait of religious hell as a place under the rule of jihadists who employ abuse, intimidation and horrendous punishments on those who disobey their abominable laws - proof that, as Steven Weinberg said it, "for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."Carlos M Super Reviewer
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Jul 09, 2015The film's narrative proves to be a strong argument against religious extremism (essentially by arguing that no one could ever follow such strict rules to the letter, even those enforcing them) despite never feeling that it has an ax to grind.Alec B Super Reviewer
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Feb 19, 2015In a city in the middle of the desert, so-called Islamist militants have occupied it by gunpoint and started issuing arbitrary restrictions, leading up to the most serious punishment for adultery. At the same time, they show no respect for the residents' traditions while quoting Koran verses out of context to suit their own nefarious purposes. For example, Abdelkerim(Abel Jafri) looks in on a married woman whenever he knows her husband is not at home which she finds offensive. With his previous film "Bamako" and now his latest "Timbuktu," director Abderrahmane Sissako has lots to say which is always commendable. What is not so much except for some memorable imagery like a soccer game being played without a ball and a woman with a big bird on her shoulder blocking the way of an SUV is his still not quite figuring out how to put his thoughts into a narrative context which Margaret Atwood did so well in her similarly themed novel 'A Handmaid's Tale.' In fact, "Timbuktu" has little momentum at all, simply circling back to the deer hunt at the beginning of the movie. This is a shame because there is a lot here that could certainly be considered relevant.Walter M Super Reviewer
Timbuktu Quotes
| Abdelkerim: | Yes, Mecca is that way. And so is my daughter and her mom. |
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