75
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
Boorman treats this moving, important subject with restraint, tact, and candid views of horrors suffered by the nation.
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40
An unquestionably sincere but dramatically stillborn outing by veteran John Boorman.
50
In My Country stands closest to "Hotel Rwanda," a similarly clumsy yet inescapably moving effort to confront the brutal consequences of colonial oppression.
30
Village Voice by Jessica Winter
Boorman's bathetic tourism is unconscionable for a subject of this magnitude; for an infinitely superior account of this chapter of South African history, seek out the documentary "Long Night's Journey Into Day."
50
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
Boorman's stars Juliette Binoche and Samuel L. Jackson are valiant - even impressive - but they cannot rescue this grueling film or its mechanical plot.
50
The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt
The charisma and hard work by his two leads allows Boorman to succeed beyond all expectations.
63
Boorman's troubles usually come from going over the top (atop Exorcist II, there's always Zardoz). But this is one of his few misfires that almost anyone would call tepid.
20
Any social good the film might do gets lost in a soupy morass of histrionics, clumsy storytelling, overripe dialogue, and rampant didacticism.
58
Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
In My Country doesn't so much explore as use the tragedy of black South Africa to give its heroine a righteous slap of nobility.
50
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
High-minded but hopelessly wooden film.