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Conclusion: Farming is boring.

posted 8 years ago by electrictroy
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Of course there are lots of dramatic movies about farming (The Good Earth or Mother India for example). This movie is not one of them. "Runaway Train" or "Witness" or "Kiss of the Spider-Woman" or "The Color Purple" were also nominated for Best Picture Awards and would have made better choices.

Many professional critics agree (giving these other films 80-90% positive reviews). Out of Africa currently scores only 53% with the consensus: "Though lensed with stunning cinematography and featuring a pair of winning performances from Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, Out of Africa suffers from excessive length and glacial pacing."

Out of Africa is one of only a handful of films -- the others are The Greatest Show on Earth, Cimarron, The Broadway Melody, and Cavalcade -- that won the Academy Award for Best Picture but currently have "rotten" (below 60%) scores on Rotten Tomatoes

Farming is boring.

[–] sinan50563 8 years ago

May be it isn't movie got rotten? Since Ebert died I can't find constantly good film critic.