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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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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
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