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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.
As demonstrated in his previous film, a plangent snapshot of subsistence called "Waiting for Happiness," Sissako is a poet, and the filmmaking in this new picture is stuff of a deserving laureate. Read full review
The serious accusations are leavened by the moments of brimming, illogical, intimate neighborly dailiness the filmmaker also captures with warmth and infectious high spirits. Read full review
Bamako is something different: a work of cool intelligence and profound anger, a long, dense, argument that is also a haunting visual poem. Read full review
Never mind Hollywood's big-star, big-budget hand-wringing about Africa - Bamako is the real thing. Read full review
A barrel of laughs, this ain't. But it's a fearless high-wire act, grim and witty, confrontational and self-mocking. Its message may be dire, but Bamako is a feat of intellectual and cinematic daring that will leave your brain buzzing. Read full review
Bamako is an attack on globalization that is endlessly cogent, confrontational -- and, best of all, as captivating as it is illuminating. Read full review
Rather miraculously, picture succeeds in painlessly educating its viewers about global politics and economics while it describes contemporary Africa with freshness and clarity. Read full review
Heated speeches about the International Monetary Fund, debt relief and global responsibility may not sound like your idea of Friday-night entertainment, but Sissako makes a strong case. Read full review
A powerful polemic leavened with moments of beauty and humor. Read full review
No one can deny the powerful reality that weaves its way through Bamako. Read full review
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You can't accuse it of being dull. Read full review