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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

2019

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Maxwell Simba, Joseph Marcell, Aïssa Maiga ...

6.9

6,329

Drama A boy in Malawi helps his village by building a wind turbine after reading about them in a library book.

	Media	Author	Review
		John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Made with the intelligence and good taste one expects from Ejiofor, the involving film cares about much more than the sweeping images of triumph with which it inevitably closes."
		Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"It's a conventional film in many ways but one that slowly and effectively builds to a remarkably rousing climax, displaying an act of overwhelming ingenuity that's hard to deny (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"[It] slows and loses its emotional grip when it hones in on the science-driven action promised by its title (...) It leaves you feeling like an inspirational story has been told at the expense of a good one."
		Tomris Laffly rogerebert.com	"One of those true-story films that genuinely earns the inevitable, climactic triumph in its finale (...) [It] leaves an undeniably powerful impression in the end (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Dennis Harvey Variety	"An inspirational true story fails to lift off in actor Chiwetel Ejiofor's earnest but plodding directorial debut (...) [It] carries its seriousness like a virtuous heavy load that gradually drives the film into the ground"
		Jason Bailey The Playlist	"The feature writing and directing debut of Chiwetel Ejiofor, feels like a similar extension of his onscreen persona: open-hearted, quietly intelligent, endlessly humanist."
		Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"[It] is so worthy, so earnest and so achingly sincere that it’s almost painful to criticize (...) You will know exactly where this well-intentioned tale is going"

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