70
Satisfying and memorable film.
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New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
The film does deserve credit for juggling difficult racial and class issues - but with a wacky score, cute puppies and silly side stories also jockeying for space, Bamford's best intentions tumble to a heap long before the movie ends.
75
South African director Mark Bamford's sweet-natured ensemble film doesn't shy away from addressing issues of racism -- both black and white.
63
A charming if overlong romantic comedy.
60
Dallas Observer by Melissa Levine
It's facile, predictable, and contrived, but there's still something winning about this multicultural drama from South Africa.
80
A heartwarming, cleansing film that's simply good for the soul.
40
Village Voice by Michael Atkinson
Only Nthati Moshesh, as a single black mother working as a housekeeper wooed by a displaced Congolese (Eriq Ebouaney), makes a dent in white-American-expatriate Mark Bamford's toothless scenario.
70
Although by now routine, the intertwining of separate story strands is solidly structured, and the different mini-narratives resolved in unsurprising yet satisfying ways.
75
San Francisco Chronicle by Ruthe Stein
A warmhearted film.
50
Austin Chronicle by Steve Davis
Cape of Good Hope is a hopeful piece of humanism that is difficult to begrudge too much.