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A Far Off Place
A Far Off Place

6.2

A Far Off Place

PG·1993·108m

Summary

Thrown together under incredible circumstances, two strangers must discover courage and strength when they begin a journey across the treacherous African desert! Equipped only with their wits and the expertise of a native bushman who befriends them, they are determined to triumph over impossible odds and reach their destination. But along the way, the trio face a primitive desert wilderness.

Crew

Director

Mikael Salomon

Novel

Laurens van der Post

Screenplay

Jonathan Hensleigh

Screenplay

Sally Robinson

Screenplay

Robert Caswell

Reviews

Rangan

Rangan

July 24, 2016

6

> The Kalahari adventure!

If you are a Disney live-action film fan, you won't disappoint with it. It comes between the regular Disney films and Disney nature films. It sets in somewhere in the Namibia and takes us with to a great adventure which is more like a documentary film than a film with a story. Actually, there was a small story, mostly on the opening and the end part and the rest of the film was a foot journey like 'The Way Back'. Based on the book of the same name about a girl and a boy who team up with a bushman to cross the Kalahari desert after their family was attacked by the poachers.

I did not know anything about it, so I expected nothing. But I thought of 'The Gods Must be Crazy', since it is not a comedy, I prepared for something new. I really liked the film, but not that much. Spectacular African landscapes, and awesome performances by everyone. I would have loved it if a few more wild animals participated in it, after all African flavour means that's what we all anticipate, especially the children. So from that perspective, it is slightly a disappointment, but not much. Other than that it is a fine family film from a trusted production house.

6.5/10

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$12,890,752.00

Keywords

africa
coming of age
survival
murder
explosion
teenage love
kalahari
bushman
first love
african bush
animal welfare
kalahari desert
ivory
girlhood
girl
poachers
namib desert