I Dreamed of Africa (2000)
8 %
Reviews Counted: 86 Fresh: 7 Rotten:79 Average Rating: 3.5/10
Consensus:
The straightforward retelling of Kuki Gallman's life in Africa neither moves or entertains the viewer.
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Synopsis: Based on the book of the same name, I DREAMED OF AFRICA is the true story of Kuki Gallman (Kim Basinger), a wealthy Italian socialite whose life changes abruptly after a near fatal car crash. Vowing to appreciate her life more deeply, she agrees to marry Paolo Gallman (Vincent Perez), a man she... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Kim Basinger, Vincent Perez, Eva Marie Saint, Liam Aiken, Allison Daugherty Smith
Director: Hugh Hudson
Screenwriter: Paula Milne, Susan Shilliday
Producer: Stanley R. Jaffe, Allyn Stewart
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Screenwriter: Paula Milne, Susan Shilliday
Producer: Stanley R. Jaffe, Allyn Stewart
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Buy It On DVD
Reviews
Comment
This astonishingly awful film is a study in how a film can go terribly wrong from concept to execution.
10/17/07
Click to read the article
03/10/07
Ultimately the movie is alluring and respectful -- its sadness may be what saves it from becoming sensationalist or trite.
02/26/07
Top Critic
There's some good work from Basinger and solid (but also bland) techs and not too much else.
04/09/05
A production like this deserves better scriptwriters and a better leading player.
02/08/03
Ms. Basinger clearly relished the chance to throw herself into a character who endures many emotional extremities, though the joy and happiness she professes to find in Africa is not much in evidence.
10/15/02
It hasn't any rhythm at all, just a string of downbeats and a hackneyed old tune that equates mere survival with heroism.
03/19/02
Top Critic
The writing itself is a bit immature, What the film does best is depict the unpredictable rhythm and dangerous allure of Africa.
09/16/01
Gallmann now is a respected conservationist in Kenya. Fine. Good for her. But in this case, not so good for us.
09/10/01
It's beautifully photographed and well directed by Hugh Hudson, but the script is flimsy.
04/17/01
Kim Basinger does white woman's burden in this post-colonialist biopic yawner.
04/09/01
In the film, it feels more like Gallmann is simply tolerating her life in Africa rather than embracing it, and the disparity between those two positions makes all the difference in the world.
02/27/01
If the film had shown the actors getting eaten alive by mosquitoes, it would have been more convincing. That's real nature.
01/01/01
Click to read the article
01/01/00
Top Critic
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?
01/01/00
Top Critic
This truth-based account of the life of Italian environmentalist Kuki Gallmann is astonishingly bereft of dramatic momentum.
01/01/00
Related Forums
Garrett...and the movie!
by: Izzy 10/30/00
by: Izzy 10/30/00
IGN RSS Feeds