In My Country

In My Country (2004)

  • 22% of critics liked it
    (81 reviews)

  • 58% of users liked it
    (3,180 ratings)

The many emotional scars left by South Africa's history of institutionalized racism come under the microscope in this drama. As South Africa comes to terms with the legacy of apartheid, their government has created the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, in which the perpetrators of racial violence… More

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R, 1 hr. 43 min.
Directed By
John Boorman
Written By
Ann Peacock
Genres
Drama, Romance, Art House & International
In Theaters
Mar 11, 2005 Wide
On DVD
Jul 5, 2005
Sony Pictures Classics

Critic Reviews

  • Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic

    It shows what can go wrong when a good-intentioned filmmaker mixes historical tragedy with Hollywood banality.

  • John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press

    Ostensibly about the aftermath of apartheid, but the pain of a people serves only as a backdrop for the most contrived of love stories.

  • Bob Townsend, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    Is it a docudrama about South Africa's post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings? Or is it love story? The problem with In My Country is that it tries to be both.

  • Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail

    Black, white and clunky.

  • Peter Howell, Toronto Star

    Need[s] to be seen, as essential history and as demonstration of a form of social reckoning where compassion triumphs over passion, and the olive branch over the gun.

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