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91Ballard filmed across hundreds of miles of South African desert, and there are times when the whole throbbing universe seems to resound for him.
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90Intelligent, visually rich filmmaking.
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90A drama of uncommon beauty and emotional resonance.
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90Enormously entertaining.
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90A superior all-ages adventure pic made by a filmmaker who knows more than a thing or two about the genre.
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88An astonishing film.
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88Duma, at its best, reminded me exactly why we loved movies as children: because they told stories like this, with images just as rhapsodically colorful and exciting.
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88The same audience that loves "March of the Penguins" will eat up this beautifully told, gorgeously shot story of a grieving boy trying to return his pet cheetah to the wilds of South Africa.
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88This is precisely the kind of film that parents clamor for and rarely get: a substantive, stirring, Huck Finn-style saga that doesn't insult anyone's intelligence or mindlessly entertain with crass humor.
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88An exquisitely filmed, emotionally transfixing epic about a white South African boy's journey to return his pet cheetah to the wild.
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[Anonymous]10Very gripping, great story about a movie about a cheetah about stuff.
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ScottP.10Incredible story and film. Best movie I've seen in years.