Alex Michaeletos, Campbell Scott, Eamonn Walker
When 10-old Xan and his father Peter come across an orphaned cheetah cub, they name their new friend "Duma," the Swahili name for cheetah, and he quickly becomes a member of the family. But, when Duma...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 16, 2006
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April 24, 2008The story of a how a young boy releases his cheetah friend back into the wild could very well be scoffed at for being clichéd and stereotypically heart-warming and sentimentalised, but 'Duma' avoids that category so easily you rarely focus on the direction of the simple, yet effe...( read more)
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April 14, 2007Well done! It's nice to see a non-animated, non-documentary picture involving an animal as its main subject hold its own in every respect cinematically. The choreography of the scenes is just astonishing! A nearly perfect film.
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October 14, 2009A touching adventure, filled with all the things needed to make a movie work out. The nature shots are mind blowing. Great locations.
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August 16, 2009Like Huckleberry Finn, but with a cheetah. Watch for the bush baby scenes. They will crack you up.
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Critic Reviews
March 18, 2006
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
October 5, 2005
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Unlike many lesser movies aimed at families, this has heart, humor, thrilling adventure and stunning visuals. full review
September 30, 2005
Kyle Smith, New York Post
A pleasing fable reminiscent of G-rated nature movies of the '60s and '70s, before kiddie cinema required CGI or hip cultural references. full review
September 29, 2005
David Edelstein, Slate
I like it. Maybe not as much as those other pictures, but enough to bemoan a system in which family films have been so geared to kids (and their parents) with a kind of attention deficit disorder that... full review
August 5, 2005
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Duma, and the sort of intelligent, visually rich filmmaking it represents, are endangered species. full review
August 4, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
It's an extraordinary film, and intelligent younger viewers in particular may be enthralled by it. full review
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October 24, 2006i like this movie beacause it is filmed in south africa and i like films that are adventures. come on watch it you can see it on skymovies.
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