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  • Summary: A touching and often wickedly funny portrayal of life on a late Victorian farm in South Africa. (Karoo Horizon Pictures)

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: R. Emmet Sweeney
    70
    A modest tale intermittently well told.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    70
    As it is, Bustin' Bonaparte is an enjoyable diversion, but with more energy and style it might have been a gem.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    50
    This adaptation of South African writer Olive Schreiner's cult novel is too cute by far, sapping emotional resonance from a story that was in its original incarnation apparently far darker.

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