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Good film that brings attention to the serious nature of an ongoing horrific practice done on women and how one woman took her fame to bring it... . Heartbreakingly sad at times...not suitable for children. Full Review
April 21,2011
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Desert Flower tells a rags-to-riches story, but it plays like two stories in conflict. Everything involving Waris in Africa or in London before her success feels true and heartfelt. Many later details are badly handled.Full Review
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Luckily, her cast makes up for the lapses, and Kebede is especially effective at showing how triumph over culturally sanctioned brutality remains a tentative prospect at best.Full Review
Village Voice
The broad comedy clashes with the movie's final message: that 6,000 girls face genital mutilation every day.Full Review
Mark Jenkins
NPR
The film proves a gripping, if uneven, cinematic journey.Full Review
Richard Mowe
Boxoffice Magazine
A lovely performance by Ethiopian supermodel-actress Liya Kebede as supermodel-activist Waris Dirie works wonders to elevate this uneven, occasionally awkward but often absorbing film.Full Review
Gary Goldstein
Los Angeles Times
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