Desert Flower
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54 out of 100

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  • Summary: When, at the age of 13, Waris Dirie discovers that her father has decided to marry her off as the fourth wife to a considerable older man, the young girl realizes that she has no choice but to flee. In the middle of the night, she steal s away from the desert camp of her nomadic family and makes her way through rocky Somali desert to Mogadishu, where she finds her aunt and grandmother in the chaotic bustle of the Somali Capital. (National Geographic Entertainment)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    Mar 31, 2011
    63
    Desert Flower tells a rags-to-riches story, but it plays like two stories in conflict. Everything involving Waris in Africa or in London before her success feels true and heartfelt. Many later details are badly handled.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Gary Goldstein
    Mar 17, 2011
    60
    A lovely performance by Ethiopian supermodel-actress Liya Kebede as supermodel-activist Waris Dirie works wonders to elevate this uneven, occasionally awkward but often absorbing film.
  3. Boxoffice Magazine
    Reviewed by: Richard Mowe
    Mar 21, 2011
    60
    The film proves a gripping, if uneven, cinematic journey.
  4. NPR
    Reviewed by: Mark Jenkins
    Mar 18, 2011
    60
    The broad comedy clashes with the movie's final message: that 6,000 girls face genital mutilation every day.

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  1. benjaminavatar
    10
    The movie is awesome. It has everything: drama, women rights and a women who fights to be diferent! The actress is doing her roll exelent. She plays Waris Dirie with a loot emotion and with her heart!… Expand

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