Moolaade Critic Reviews

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Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites

It's worth stressing how deeply pleasurable Moolaad is to watch.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

This was for me the best film at Cannes 2004, a story vibrating with urgency and life. It makes a powerful statement and at the same time contains humor, charm and astonishing visual beauty.Read the full review

The New York Times | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites

To skip Moolaade would be to miss an opportunity to experience the embracing, affirming, world-changing potential of humanist cinema at its finest.Read the full review

Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites

Moolaade, in short, is a movie to rock the soul.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites

The result: This great work of art has the potential to change the world.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kevin ThomasAdd Critic to Favorites

There's such a rich sense of the fullness of life in Moolaadé that it sustains those passages that are truly and necessarily harrowing.Read the full review

Variety | Scott FoundasAdd Critic to Favorites

This richly textured parable feels every inch the work of a master.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

Fatoumata Coulibaly's peformance is striking. She plays her character with a mixture of determination and compassion.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Jonathan CurielAdd Critic to Favorites

Not always pleasant to watch.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Keith PhippsAdd Critic to Favorites

Though Moolaadé doesn't shy away from the task of educating its viewers about the brutality of "purification," it works equally well as a tribute to righteous defiance wherever it surfaces.Read the full review

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