Critic Reviews

It is so rare to find a film where you become quickly, simply absorbed in the story.

Everywhere in Nowhere in Africa, skill and art translate into vivid life.

This is an intelligent epic told without special pleading, a film able to cut deep enough to reveal a keen specificity of experience.

The movie gives us lovingly shot landscapes, portraits of extraordinary friendships, a great score, dialogue that only occasionally slips into history lessons, a number of memorably etched minor characters, a splendid performance by its youngest star and two mysteries.

The movie's strength is its refusal to offer easy answers.

It's also as good as "Out of Africa."

A lovely film with a deeply humane perspective.

It has everything Oscar voters fall in love with: sweep, romance, accessibility and social conscience.

Enchanted and thrilling film.

The movie's real strength lies in its intelligent, sympathetic account of the dynamic, difficult marriage of Regina's parents.