
Follows the life of Karen Blixen, who establishes a plantation in Africa. Her life is complicated by a husband of convenience (Bror Blixen), a true love (Denys), troubles on the plantation, schooling of the natives, war, and catching VD from her husband.... (Full plot summary below)
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Follows the life of Karen Blixen, who establishes a plantation in Africa. Her life is complicated by a husband of convenience (Bror Blixen), a true love (Denys), troubles on the plantation, schooling of the natives, war, and catching VD from her husband.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertOut of Africa is a great movie to look at, breathtakingly filmed on location. It is a movie with the courage to be about complex, sweeping emotions, and to use the star power of its actors without apology. |
| Zap2it.comMichael SzymanskiLong and tedious at times, but Redford and Streep shine. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenA sumptuous romantic drama, Out of Africa spans continents and partners in while relating the tale of how Karen Blixen grew to become the world-famous author. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonOut of Africa captures, beautifully and bittersweetly, the last exciting time in the last wild place on Earth, making me feel as if I really missed out on something wonderful by being born too late. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzDull biopic of the strong-willed Danish writer Isak Dinesen. |
| TIME MagazineRichard SchickelOut of Africa is, at last, the free-spirited, fullhearted gesture that everyone has been waiting for the movies to make all decade long. It reclaims the emotional territory that is rightfully theirs. |
| El Pais (Spain)Ángel Fernández-SantosOut of Africa is a melodrama, but in any case, it is an excellent one. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| VarietyJames HarwoodAt two-and-a-half hours, Out of Africa certainly makes a leisurely start into its story. Just short of boredom, however, the picture picks up pace and becomes a sensitive, enveloping romantic tragedy. Nonetheless it’s a long way to go for a downbeat ending, which may hurt broad appeal. |
| The New RepublicStanley KauffmannMeryl Streep is back in top form. This means that her performance in Out of Africa is at the highest level of acting in film today. Also, since she is Streep, it means that a return to form is not a return: she has realized a character utterly different from any she has done before. |
| New York Daily NewsKathleen CarrollOut of Africa is still an absolute knockout. It provides such an enchanting glimpse of the paradise that Dinesen tragically lost that audiences will completely understand her other grand passion for Africa itself. |