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Movie Overview
Cast
• Gabriel Byrne
• Miranda Richardson
• Emily Watson
Director
• Richard E. Grant
MPAA Rating
R - Some language and brief sexuality
Wah-Wah (2006)

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OFCS Rating: 50% Rotten
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C-
"The sort of film that's obviously deeply meaningful to the filmmaker, but he fails to make it particularly meaningful to you."  AboutFilm.com  Carlo Cavagna

2.5/5
"not quite worthy of those on screen"  Filmcritic.com  Chris Barsanti

1.5/4
"...we've seen this sort of film countless times before..."  Reel Film Reviews  David Nusair

2/4
"There are worse things than catching your parents doing the dirty, like watching a film reduce an African nation's black populace to window dressing."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

B-
"Rare is the honest labor of love that doesn't have some redeeming value, and Wah-Wah ultimately wins you over with its sincerity."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

B+
"An incisively observed, richly detailed and wonderfully unpredictable portrait of a young man's journey to maturity,...a singularly affecting movie."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

2/4
"As coming of age stories go, Wah-Wah does little to distinguish itself."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

"Only occasionally successful . . ."  SA Movie & DVD Magazine  James O'Ehley

"Wah-Wah is heartfelt and cathartic, but more for Grant than for the audience. "  In the Dark  Jonathan F. Richards

2.5/4
"Though the raw material is juicy stuff, the details and the larger picture never come together and the cast is uneven."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

7/10
"It is a story with strong drama, but as tales of painful pasts go it is not particularly new or unusual."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

3.5/5
"It's a remarkable ode to both an imperfect father and an emerging nation."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline
OFCS Rating: 50% Rotten
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