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"Out 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.
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This movie is the clearest case I've seen in a long time of...
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Out of Africa is a stunner, a freak, a rarity, a miracle. It's a genuine movie for grown-ups that's moving, sweet and deeply romantic. Full Review | Jan 12, 2021
62% Tomatometer 90 Reviews 82% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings Initially set on being a dairy farmer, the aristocratic Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep) travels to Africa to join her husband, Bror...
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- Sydney Pollack
- PG
- Meryl Streep
The movie is based on Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep)'s OUT OF AFRICA, her autobiographical book about her period in Africa (from 1913 to 1934). In the beginning she goes to Kenya, in Africa, for marrying her former lover's brother Baron Bror Blixen, and on the way to Kenya she meets Denys Finch Hatton (Robert Redford), a big game hunter that knows ...
The film received generally positive reviews from critics. It was also a commercial success and won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Pollack. Plot. Karen Blixen recalls living in Africa, where she moved in 1913 as a wealthy Dane, about to marry.
- Karen Blixen
- 1937
Enthralling epic about 1900s Africa tackles mature subjects. Read Common Sense Media's Out of Africa review, age rating, and parents guide.
Dec 20, 1985 · Out of Africa: Directed by Sydney Pollack. With Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen. In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.
