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I Dreamed of Africa (2000)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Production Photos Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites Recommendations Sign in to receive personalized recommendations. Sign In Or  Sign Up   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   N/A Source Brief Review NZone (1.5 out of 5 stars) "And Basinger is better here that she was in 'Confidential,' but, unfortunately, trying to equate the two films would be like comparing apples and…well, dog crap." more... culturevulture.net "With 'I Dreamed of Africa,' [Hugh Hudson] presents an inert simulacrum of an epic; every frame of the movie appears to have been dipped in formaldehyde. From Basinger's wooden line readings to the plodding, compulsory quality of so many of the scenes, Hudson has constructed a handsomely mounted production with no spark, no texture, no life." more... Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (2 stars) "...considering this is what star Kim Basinger picked to follow up her Oscar-winning supporting turn in 'L.A. Confidential,' the film has got to be considered at least a minor disappointment." more... E! Online (grade: C) "Beautiful landscape photography aside, do we really care about a single mother so out of it she marries a man more in love with hunting wild game than with her?" more... filmcritic.com (2 out of 5 stars) "Kim Basinger has gone off to Africa on safari, in search of a follow-up Oscar to the one she landed for 'L.A. Confidential.' Looks like she'll be coming home empty-handed..." more... Nitrate Online Review "Kim Basinger's new 'star vehicle' is a breath-taking but lackluster effort that will barely wimper out of the box office, it's death exacerbated by the implosion of anecdotes and expected slaying by the sword of 'Gladiator' and it's armies to the north." more... PopMatters: Back in Africa "Kuki doesn't have anything meaningful or even pithy to say. As she surveys the landscape about her, she can only note, 'I am alone. Yet I am never alone. I am surrounded by Africa.'" more... Spliced Online: Sorry Safari "Basinger tries hard to bring dignity to dime-store Meryl Streep role of a Western woman in untamed 'Africa.'" more... Variety "Visually gratifying but dramatically weak, the film falls short of its aspiration to be a sweeping romantic epic a la 'Out of Africa,' to which it bears some thematic resemblance." more... Search the Movie Review Query Engine more... * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)