Embarassingly inept and totally inconvincing drama about a young girl from Zimbabwe trying to find work in South Africa. Full of stereotypical caricatures and boring clichés. Unlike many other white South African directors (like Gavin Hood or Jamie Uys), Darrell James Roodt ("Sarafina", "Cry The Beloved Country") has neither the sensibility nor the talent to tackle such a subject.
June 6, 2008
Zimbabwe (2008) *
Embarassingly inept and totally inconvincing drama about a young girl from Zimbabwe trying to find work in South Africa. Full of stereotypical caricatures and boring clichés. Unlike many other white South African directors (like Gavin Hood or Jamie Uys), Darrell James Roodt ("Sarafina", "Cry The Beloved Country") has neither the sensibility nor the talent to tackle such a subject.
