| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"A well-acted coming-of-age tale that knocks the stuffing out of some British stiff-upper-lips in late '60s Swaziland." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"I admired the movie..." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Jessica Reaves |
"...there isn't enough heft to the story to pull everything together." more... |
C |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...an overdeveloped coming-of-age potboiler..." more... |
C+ |
filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti |
"It's a flippant and confused film..." more... |
C |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"...an extraordinary portrait of white mischief on the Dark Continent and a debut of a potentially interesting filmmaker..." more... |
B+ |
New York Post
V.A. Musetto |
"...the story lacks focus." more... |
D |
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis |
"...for all its studied snobbery and brittle entitlement, the film is never mean-spirited..." more... |
B |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"As coming of age stories go, Wah-Wah does little to distinguish itself." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein |
"Lackluster." more... |
C |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak |
"Great acting lifts Wah-Wah out of its sticky moments." more... |
B |
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