The Power of One

  • 1992


MOVIE IS reliable populist peculiarly
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39 % Rotten
$ 4 Million
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Positive Reviews 5
Negative reviews 4
Average Rating 2.8/5
reliable populist peculiarly

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2.0
This isnt racial drama its racial iconography, and of a peculiarly grotesque and naive sort. EW
3.1
It also wants to be a box office hit, and in playing the notes of mass entertainment, it loses its purpose.You can almost feel the film slipping out o .. Rogerebert
4.5
Beautifully produced and gorgeously shot on location in Zimbabwe by lenser Dean Semler, picture has depth, dimension and first rate casting. Variety
1.5
Avildsen draws good performances from the three actors who play PK, as well as from the ever reliable Freeman and Mller Stahl, but subtlety is abandon .. Time Out
2.5
The Power of One (PG 13) By Desson Howe Washington Post Staff Writer March 27, 1992 The Power of One goes for the big emotions in scenic southern Afri ..
2.5
Though rife with worthy intentions and great notions, this populist safari manages to be both patronizing and manipulative.
1.0
Mostly, its a long, heavy handed narrative about the personal costs of South Africas system of apartheid, set in the removed safety of bygone decades ..
5.0
In this unusual and morally uplifting drama, the elders to honor are a Zulu medicine man, a German concert pianist, and a black prisoner. Spirituality And Practice
4.5
Ek The Power of One isnt Dushman, but it belongs to the same family. FilmiBeat
3.0
PK, a British orphan in South Africa, is played by three actors: Guy Witcher at seven, Simon Fenton at twelve and hunk du jour Stephen Dorff at eighte .. Rolling Stone
1.0
This is patronizing, offensive garbage, bought to you by the director of The Karate Kid. Film 4



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