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A modest tale intermittently well told.Full Review

Village Voice

Meets its main requirements: it adapts a classic novel in gleaming cinematic form, and it ridicules the foibles of ruthless adults.Full Review

Janet Maslin
The New York Times

As it is, Bustin' Bonaparte is an enjoyable diversion, but with more energy and style it might have been a gem.Full Review

Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times

This adaptation of South African writer Olive Schreiner's cult novel is too cute by far, sapping emotional resonance from a story that was in its original incarnation apparently far darker.Full Review

Frank Scheck
The Hollywood Reporter
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