Duma

Name: Duma
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Released: August 5, 2005
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 82
Cast: Alex Michaeletos, Campbell Scott, Hope Davis

2005

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Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: August 5, 2005 | PG

Starring: Alex Michaeletos, Campbell Scott, Hope Davis

Summary: Set in the exotic country of South Africa, Duma tells the powerful adventure tale of an unbreakable bond of friendship between a cheetah named Duma and a courageous young boy named Xan. (Warner Bros.)

Director: Carroll Ballard

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 100 min

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Peter Rainer

Ballard filmed across hundreds of miles of South African desert, and there are times when the whole throbbing universe seems to resound for him. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Enormously entertaining. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

Intelligent, visually rich filmmaking. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

A soulful, piercingly beautiful story. Read full review

Kirk Honeycutt

A newcomer to film, Michaletos grew up on a farm with cheetahs, so he can act natural around the animals while making this Huck Finn-like character more than credible. Read full review

J.R. Jones

This is superior family entertainment--warm, thoughtful, and connected to the landscape. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Duma turns out to be surprisingly flat, with little of the child's-eye imagery that gave "The Black Stallion" its poetic thrust and too much of the narrative gear-grinding that grounded stretches of "Fly Away Home." Read full review

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henrya.

Oct 4, 2005

A simply amazing movie. One of the best I've seen in a long while. If there was a dry eye in the house as the final, beautiful scene scrolled by over the narration, I would have eaten my hat.