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Gorillas in the Mist

1988

Michael Apted

Sigourney Weaver, John Omirah Miluwi, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris ...

6.6

12,802

Drama Based on the true story of young anthropologist Dian Fossey (Sigourney Weaver) who travels to the African mountains to study the rare gorillas. In this incredible paradise which she describes as being "as close to God as you can get," her interest in the gorillas turns to passion and finally obsession. Not even her lover, photographer Bob Campbell (Bryan Brown), can tear her away - or stop her from risking her life to protect the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"There were moments when I felt a touch of awe. Those moments, which are genuine, make the movie worth seeing (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"It's a story of stirring and unusual heroism, though not one of many surprises (...) An engrossing but long film with a tendency to meander"	NEU
United States	Henry Sheehan Chicago Reader	"'Gorillas in the Mist' does a good job of relating the high points of Fossey's life (...) Some parts of the film--particularly the encounters between scientist and animals--are outstanding"	POS
United Kingdom	Angie Errigo Empire	"Superbly acted and shot, it is as stubborn and wondrous as the life it portrays (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times	"With a sense of beauty and wonderment the film illuminates an extraordinary and unprecedented communication between a human being and the world’s largest primates"	POS
United States	Hal Hinson The Washington Post	"The chief problem with 'Gorillas in the Mist' is that it banalizes its heroine; it turns her into one of us. And by all accounts Fossey was anything but ordinary (...) [It] isn't a terrible film, but it is a frustrating one"	NEU
United States	Variety	"Weaver is utterly believable and riveting in the role. Her scenes with the apes are captivating"	POS
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"There are some wonderful, evocative sequences but the screenplay becomes bogged down in the melodrama of a clichéd, dead-end romantic relationship (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	NEU

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