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31 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThis is an intelligent epic told without special pleading, a film able to cut deep enough to reveal a keen specificity of experience.
- 88Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrThe movie's strength is its refusal to offer easy answers.
- 88USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkIt's also as good as "Out of Africa."
- 80L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorThe movie's real strength lies in its intelligent, sympathetic account of the dynamic, difficult marriage of Regina's parents.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumAudience empathy for the displaced Redlichs, coupled with the filmmaker's proffered charms of wise natives and their mysterious rituals, goes a long way toward making this lyrical travelogue a crowd pleaser.
- 70TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxBeautifully shot on location in Kenya and filled with touching, almost magical moments, Link's film has been nominated for the 2002 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film.
- 67Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerNever quite escapes the Euro-centric blinders of its characters, but its engagement with their evolving sense of identity and story of empowerment and acceptance is nonetheless rousing.
- 60SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinThere's something too refined and emotionally neutral about Nowhere in Africa, as if Link had directed with white gloves. Maybe she knew how loaded this African-Jewish subject was and didn't want it push it too hard. Maybe that's why she won an Oscar.
- 60Washington PostWashington PostWhat rescues the film is Gernot Roll's spare, almost aesthetic cinematography, and the quality of the acting.
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyIsn't really a dull film so much as an oddly quaint one that seems to find a comfortable perspective about drastic circumstances.