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Average Rating 3.7/5
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5.0
This movie isnt just a plot, trotted out to manipulate us, but the painful examination of one mans change of conscience. Rogerebert
4.5
A wrenching picture about South Africa that makes no expedient compromises with feel good entertainment values, A Dry White Season displays riveting p .. Variety
1.5
Whites debating racial injustice: fine for a book published in Afrikaans a decade ago, but a poor premise for a message movie. Time Out
4.5
A Dry White Season is preaching to the choir, a movie weve seen before, not an easy sell.
0.5
A Dry White Season bursts through your door and beats you senseless; it seems perverse to question its technique and only days later can you question ..
4.5
Both want true love and desire the best for Russias future, and theyre not always compatible goals. The Young Folks
4.5
To boil it all down, thats a show that had a fine finale, following a middling first season. The Young Folks
4.5
Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia always manages to impress because it isnt afraid to be daring in just how far it pushes it characters. The Young Folks
3.0
A thumpingly didactic script, but Palcy has crafted a watchable if not particularly important, given its competition one.
4.5
Depicts one Afrikaners journey toward moral responsibility in South Africa. Spirituality And Practice
3.0
Tells about the political awakenings in 1976 to apartheid in South Africa. Sover
4.5
The relentless plot is effectively set up and expertly pursued, and Hugh Masekela makes some striking contributions to Dave Grusins musical score. Chicago Reader
3.8
with a larger than life, unmistakably epic sensibility complete with an astounding number of background performers and theres no denying that the film .. Reel Film Reviews
4.5
It doesnt declare them uninvolved in the pernicious racism of their countrys system, but it refrains from blaming them (as opposed to the people who e .. Cs Monitor
4.5
There is much to admire here, and on the whole, if the film doesnt quite satisfy, it does get its point across well enough to make it worth a look. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
4.4
For that reason alone, A Dry White Season is an essential film of its time. Q Network
3.8
A polemic against South African apartheid, this may not meet criteria for great filmmaking, but director Euzhan Palcys film succeeds in being signific .. Movies Tv Guide
1.5
Its not Cry Freedom, nor is it A World Apart, but there are some fine performances, particularly from Brando as the world weary lawyer prosecuting the .. Film 4
4.5
Mapantsula, isnt perfect; it has its share of simplistic characterizations, but as a lesson in the details of black South African life, A Dry White Se .. La Times
3.8
This is filmmaking meant to engage the heart and other visceral organs more than the mind; its effects are simple, broad and directly put. Articles Chicago Tribune
3.8
Director Scott (Blade Runner, Alien) certainly knows how to photograph arresting architecture, but the high gloss look of Black Rain only intensifies .. Articles Chicago Tribune
4.5
This movie, directed by a black Martiniquan, Euzhan Palcy, is far more effective at keeping black actors and the essential problem of South Africa ons .. People
4.4
One of the few titles in the John Carpenter filmography thats lacking any of his signature touches, this gentle fantasy cum love story offers little t .. Film Frenzy
1.5
This adaptation has its flaws, but what lingers is insulated Bens inaction so juxtaposed with the persecution of Jonathan and then his father. The whi .. Vue Weekly
4.5
A Dry White Season is a reminder that art should be used to expose the evils that exist in this world. Spectrum Culture
3.1
That story, unfortunately, is frequently sidetracked as the movie turns instead to gratuitous star cameos by Marlon Brandon and Susan Sarandon. Articles Philly
4.4
Their dismissive attitude doesnt strike him as suspicious, until other events occur. Articles Sun Sentinel
4.5
continues with the same concise, to the point directing. The characters interactions are touching but not sentimental; the politics present without ba .. OutWeek
1.5
I only wish that A Dry White Season were a better film, the film that Euzhan Palcy is capable of making, the kind of movie she has, in fact, already m .. Los Angeles Free Press



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