Synopsis
An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
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Cast
- Samuel L. JacksonLangston Whitfield
- Juliette BinocheAnna Malan
- Brendan GleesonDe Jagar
- Langley KirkwoodBoetie
- Harriet LenabeAlbertina Sobandla
- Warona SeaneTranslator
- Robert HobbsVan Deventer
- Fiona RamsayFelicia Rheinhardt
- Charley BoormanAdam Hartley
Recommendations
- 75
Christian Science Monitor
Boorman treats this moving, important subject with restraint, tact, and candid views of horrors suffered by the nation. - 63
USA Today
Boorman's troubles usually come from going over the top (atop Exorcist II, there's always Zardoz). But this is one of his few misfires that almost anyone would call tepid. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
In My Country doesn't so much explore as use the tragedy of black South Africa to give its heroine a righteous slap of nobility. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
The charisma and hard work by his two leads allows Boorman to succeed beyond all expectations. - 50
L.A. Weekly
In My Country stands closest to "Hotel Rwanda," a similarly clumsy yet inescapably moving effort to confront the brutal consequences of colonial oppression. - 50
The New York Times
High-minded but hopelessly wooden film. - 50
Los Angeles Times
Boorman's stars Juliette Binoche and Samuel L. Jackson are valiant - even impressive - but they cannot rescue this grueling film or its mechanical plot. - 40
Variety
An unquestionably sincere but dramatically stillborn outing by veteran John Boorman.
