Directed by:
Sydney PollackScreenplay:
Kurt LuedtkeCinematography:
David WatkinComposer:
John BarryCast:
Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen, Malick Bowens, Michael Gough, Suzanna Hamilton, Rachel Kempson, Graham Crowden (more)VOD (4)
Plots(1)
Out of Africa follows the true life story of Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep), an amazingly strong willed woman who moves from Denmark to run a coffee plantation with her philandering husband (Klaus Maria Brandauer) in Kenya around 1914. To her astonishment she soon discovers herself falling in love with the land, its people and a mysterious adventurer and idealist (Robert Redford). Winner of 7 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, the film is masterfully crafted and breathtakingly produced to deliver one of the screen's greatest ever epic stories of hardship and love. (Fabulous Films)
(more)Reviews (6)
Beautiful shots of Africa are alternating with at times infantile behavior of Meryl Streep, trapped in a vicious love circle. However, due to the fairytale-like impression, beautiful shots of Africa, beautiful music and epic ending, Out of Africa really belongs to the golden fund of cinematography.
()
Everything Baz Luhrmann's Australia wanted to be twenty-three years later, and everything it ultimately wasn't for a moment. A Hollywood epic in the best possible sense of the word.
()
Beautiful in the exteriors, in the music, in the screenplay, and in the tangible chemistry of the main couple. Slightly diluted in unnecessary side lines that harm the urgency of the present feeling. However, thanks to the airplane, hair washing, and "I want you so badly", an unforgettable achievement that has changed my thoughts with its nostalgic resonance for a long time. 90%
()
The first great romantic-adventure film of its kind. All other films that came later practically copied more or less this new style that Sydney Pollack introduced. A legend, a must-see.
()
Out of Africa is one of those films that’s probably impossible to rate badly. Although I was not personally captivated by it and it took me quite a while to feel comfortable with its slow pace, the love story had its charm and I finished it without any problems. Moreover, with actors like Streep and Redford, Sydney Pollack's harmonious and precise direction, and the breathtaking and romantic setting of Africa, everything sounds somehow more real, more loving and sad. 80%
()
The accent with which Meryl speaks here is really awful, and I simply don't understand this American obsession with accents. It doesn't matter whether she speaks English or weird English, she still speaks English... Robert Redford is classically great, but in this film, Africa is simply the best. That's what it's all about, and the rest is just fluff.
()