Moolaade Critic Reviews
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It's worth stressing how deeply pleasurable Moolaad is to watch.Read the full review
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
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
Moolaade, in short, is a movie to rock the soul.Read the full review
The result: This great work of art has the potential to change the world.Read the full review
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
This richly textured parable feels every inch the work of a master.Read the full review
Fatoumata Coulibaly's peformance is striking. She plays her character with a mixture of determination and compassion.Read the full review
Not always pleasant to watch.Read the full review
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