Mama Africa
Wellspring Media | Release Date: June 7, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The New York TimesStephen Holden
What links these three stories besides their African settings is the calm, majestic presence of Queen Latifah, who introduces each one. The rapper, singer, actress and television personality towers over the movie, a stern but benign fortress of maternal common sense and wisdom. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
It understands, in a way that speaks forcefully enough about the mechanisms of poverty to transcend the rather simplistic filmmaking. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The impulses that produced this project, which brings together three short, English-language films by African female filmmakers into a feature-film package introduced by rap icon Queen Latifah, are commendable, but the results are uneven. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Perhaps less-sophisticated preteens won't notice the amateurish acting, clunky direction and heavy-handed tenor of the lessons.
40
Village VoiceMark Holcomb
These after-school specials are distinctly depoliticized and seem tailored for Western audiences, so the African settings feel oddly superfluous. Read full review
38
New York PostV.A. Musetto
It's a worthy idea, but the uninspired scripts, acting and direction never rise above the level of an after-school TV special. Read full review
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