Nowhere in Africa
Columbia TriStar | Release Date: March 7, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
23
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0
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60
SlateDavid Edelstein
There's something too refined and emotionally neutral about Nowhere in Africa, as if Link had directed with white gloves. Maybe she knew how loaded this African-Jewish subject was and didn't want it push it too hard. Maybe that's why she won an Oscar. Read full review
60
Washington PostEve Zibart
What rescues the film is Gernot Roll's spare, almost aesthetic cinematography, and the quality of the acting. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Isn't really a dull film so much as an oddly quaint one that seems to find a comfortable perspective about drastic circumstances. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
With sumptuous widescreen photography and a pounding world-music score, the film makes for an absorbing travelogue at best, as pretty as a picture book and just as flat on the surface. Read full review
50
Village VoiceLaura Sinagra
A straightforward epic, almost alarmingly quaint in the telling. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
Schmaltzy and endless. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Though the story itself is undeniably fascinating, this somewhat prosaic account simply doesn't do it justice. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
Sinks into melodrama. Read full review
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