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Metascore
26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensTo skip Moolaade would be to miss an opportunity to experience the embracing, affirming, world-changing potential of humanist cinema at its finest.
- 100Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe result: This great work of art has the potential to change the world.
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThis sometimes harrowing, often delightful drama stands with his (Sembène) most compassionate, colorful, and artfully filmed works.
- 90The New RepublicStanley KauffmannThe New RepublicStanley KauffmannSembène's love of his people and his commitment to the richness that underlies the poverty of their condition have always made his films gems of truth, as they do once again here.
- 90VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasThis richly textured parable feels every inch the work of a master.
- 90Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanThis has to be the most richly entertaining movie anyone has ever made on the subject of female genital mutilation.
- 88ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliFatoumata Coulibaly's peformance is striking. She plays her character with a mixture of determination and compassion.
- 88New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardIt's a deceptively simple tale that tackles, serenely and with surprising humor, issues of gender, power, custom and change.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttAs drama the film mostly serves to illustrate the two sides of this crucial social debate in Africa.
- 40Film ThreatPhil HallFilm ThreatPhil HallAchieves the impossible in taking a genuine socio-political tragedy and turning it into an anvil drama which will fray the patience of the most sympathetic audiences.