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Faat Kiné
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81 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    Intelligent yet easy-going masterpiece.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    80
    Wildly entertaining and a visual delight.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    80
    In every way a sunny film. Supremely affirmative, it ends with the funniest, sexiest close-up of the year.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    80
    Sembène is a far more adroit and elegant storyteller than many may be accustomed to seeing.
  5. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    75
    Both politically intricate and genuinely hilarious, Faat-Kine is a story grounded in dichotomies.
  6. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    A youthful, and often funny, piece of filmmaking. You might never expect that its director is 73 years old.
  7. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Leighton Klein
    75
    The situation is comic and yet quite serious, as are the ways in which language is used.
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