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Movie Overview
Cast
• Juliane Kohler
• Merab Ninidze
• Matthias Habich
Director
• Caroline Link
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Nowhere in Africa (2003)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
OTHER
OFCS Rating: 79% Fresh
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B-
"It didn't move me."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

"In building a feeling of dissatisfaction and ennui, its pace of time passing is simply too slow and subdued."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Donald J. Levit

"Una buena historia para decir un par de cosas sobre el desarraigo, los lazos familiares, y la chance de empezar una nueva vida siempre que sea necesario."  Uruguay Total  Enrique Buchichio

B
"Doesn't avoid being a bit too solemn and self-important, but its intelligent craftsmanship and good intentions go far to make up for it."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

"Nowhere in Africa depicts the magical ways that Kenya stirs the soul of a young Jewish girl who adapts easily to the local culture and their earth-cherishing practices."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

2.5/5
"plods through new terrain in Holocaust related subject matter with a shotgun mentality"  ToxicUniverse.com  John A. Nesbit

3.5
"Nowhere in Africa is long enough that each character is meticulously studied and developed while Link takes the time also to provide wonderfully patient, artistic moments"  Bangitout.com  Jordan Hiller

B+
"Adapting Stefanie Zweig's novel for the screen, director Caroline Link looks at the struggles of a German family working through social and cultural clashes much like the last film which earned her an Oscar nomination, albeit on a more epic and exotic lev"  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

2.5/4
"This biography is well made but has nothing new to offer"  Movie Habit  Marty Mapes

B
"An epic story that deeply explores the lives of Jewish expatriots during World War II."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

B+
"“Nowhere in Africa” is an [previously] untold Holocaust-era story that is intriguing and often striking in its depiction of a very unusual family of survivors."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

B-
"Link takes few chances as these displaced Europeans in Africa learn a new sense of self-worth and multicultural understanding, but the details of their experience are compelling."  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  Sean Axmaker

"Click here to see review"  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf

8/10
Read review  www.susangranger.com  Susan Granger

Read review  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline
OFCS Rating: 79% Fresh
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