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starstar Susan Wloszczyna - USA Today
starstar Stephen Hunter - Washington Post
starstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstar Philip Wuntch - Dallas Morning News
starstar Peter Stack - SF Chronicle
starstar Mark Caro - Chicago Tribune
starstar Lou Lumenick - NY Post
starstar Kenneth Turan - LA Times
starstar Jeff Vice - Deseret News
starstar Stephen Holden - NY Times
starstar Scott Von Doviak - culturevulture.net
starstar Robert Horton - Film.com
starstar Rob Blackwelder - SPLICED Online
star Jon Popick - @N-Zone
star Susan Stark - Detroit News

[L]ike a magnificent postcard collection

- Susan Wloszczyna

The insistent points of comparison to [Out of Africa] surely do not work to the advantage of  I Dreamed of Africa, based on the book by Kuki Gallmann, who is no Dinesen, and starring Kim Basinger, who is no Streep, and Vincent Perez, who is no Redford

- Susan Stark

I Dreamed of Africa

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The true story of Kuki Gallmann (Kim Basinger), an Italian woman who moved to an African ranch with her new husband and young son in search of a new, more adventurous life. Vincent Pérez, Eva Marie Saint, Liam Aiken, Allison Daugherty Smith, Federico Scribani. Director: Hugh Hudson (2000, PG-13)

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