From the (few) reviews that are here, people are complaining Dakota fanning doesn't look Ethiopian. She's not supposed to. It's clearly shown in the film her parents were hippies that traveled around but were probably originally from England. She was abandoned by them in Ethiopia and raised by Ethiopians. Doesn't make her any less Ethiopian. I saw under the trivia section saoirse Roman was originally attached to This project which doesn't shock me at all. Saoirse Ronan has the career Dakota was supposed to have. Dakota can act circles around her, but somehow her movies past the age of 10 never stuck. I wonder what it would have changed to have saoirse in this project. Would it be more critically received? To me it's the script that's the problem not the actress, but there's plenty of Ronan's films I find insufferable myself, and the academy awards her for them.
I can't say I recommend this film sadly. Reading about it I realize I found it confusing. I thought they were in Ethiopia the whole time. When the hell did they go to London? They sure didn't act like they were in London.
Fanning is and has always been an amazing actress but this film just did not show that off.
I can't say I recommend this film sadly. Reading about it I realize I found it confusing. I thought they were in Ethiopia the whole time. When the hell did they go to London? They sure didn't act like they were in London.
Fanning is and has always been an amazing actress but this film just did not show that off.