Allison Smith, Eva Marie Saint, Garrett Strommen
Based on the memoirs of party-girl-turned-conservationist Kuki Gallman, I Dreamed of Africa never comes close to living up to its title; the mood is more prosaic travelogue than oneiric wonderm...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 29, 2000
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Flixster Reviews (193)
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November 25, 2008FAIL! And even my Dad hated this, and he has a thing for horrible, epic style romanticy movies like Cold Mountain and The English Patient.
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May 16, 2009Kim Basinger was excellent in this. The whole film is wonderfully exotic and beautifully shot.
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January 12, 2009The scenery and Vincent Perez were worth a look. I've never seen Garrett Strommen, or at least I don't remember. And that's odd because he is HOT! I've read that it stays rather true to the actual story.
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December 8, 2008Well the thing about the egg that Paolo hangs, is it's not about what's in the egg, just like in the movie "Cast Away" with Tom Hanks, he has a package that you never learn what is in it. The point wasn't "what was in the damn box" as my brother asked at the end of the movie, but...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
March 19, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Hugh Hudson's film plays curiously like a friendly documentary of Kuki's life, especially with the voice-over narration that sounds like it belongs in an idealistic travelogue. full review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, At the Movies
Hugh Hudson's film plays curiously like a friendly documentary of Kuki's life, especially with the voice-over narration that sounds like it belongs in an idealistic travelogue. full review
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