Duma Critic Reviews
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Enormously entertaining.Read the full review
A superior all-ages adventure pic made by a filmmaker who knows more than a thing or two about the genre.Read the full review
An exquisitely filmed, emotionally transfixing epic about a white South African boy's journey to return his pet cheetah to the wild.Read the full review
An astonishing film.Read the full review
This is precisely the kind of film that parents clamor for and rarely get: a substantive, stirring, Huck Finn-style saga that doesn't insult anyone's intelligence or mindlessly entertain with crass humor.Read the full review
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 the full review
A soulful, piercingly beautiful story.Read the full review
It's rich, but slow, and children younger than eight (like mine) might get restless. But this big kid was lost in admiration.Read the full review
Duma is not a masterpiece, but its deficits recede into insignificance once you open yourself to the movie's mystery and visual splendor.Read the full review
Documentary makers struggle for this effect -- a feeling for the land that is both grand and unsentimental. The makers of Duma, a fable fit for children, have found it.Read the full review
