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