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Bamako Review

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5.0

Dave White Profile

You can't accuse it of being dull. Read full review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 5.0
    81

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Universal acclaim
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 100

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    The serious accusations are leavened by the moments of brimming, illogical, intimate neighborly dailiness the filmmaker also captures with warmth and infectious high spirits.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Variety Deborah Young

    Rather miraculously, picture succeeds in painlessly educating its viewers about global politics and economics while it describes contemporary Africa with freshness and clarity.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

    Bamako is an attack on globalization that is endlessly cogent, confrontational -- and, best of all, as captivating as it is illuminating.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    The New York Times A.O. Scott

    Bamako is something different: a work of cool intelligence and profound anger, a long, dense, argument that is also a haunting visual poem.

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