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If you like to watch Meryl Streep performing and chasing your eyes through soaring wild landscapes - you are in for a double treat. Showcases Meryl probably at her peak performance. Some good lines.. good music score. Would have liked for it to be shorter. Not an epic or classic I guess, but still a good effort.

Engaging if a little slowly paced romance. Africa is the leading character here with huge and impressive panoramic cinematography. Solid and believable performances. If you can get through the first 25 minutes its a good film

Some of the wildlife and panorama shots are stunning and the acting is very good, but it doesn't add up to much. The story is dull, underdeveloped and drawn out and the characters, well acted though they may be, aren't particularly interesting.

A soild, well made drama, that never quite lifts itself to excellence in any department. Still recommeded though.

Easily one of the most undeserving Best Picture winners of all time. Feels longer than Gone with the Wind.

Nicely shot; great dialogue.

Great film.

IMHO one of the most overrated films of all time. A real snore. Up there with The English Patient, Gandhi and Forrest Gump on my list of Oscar winning fodder. Granted, Meryl Streep is good. (But when was she ever bad? The film might be a turkey, but Streep never is.) The score is excellent, as is the cinematography. But a film like David Lean's, "Ryan's Daughter" can have excellent score and cinematography and still be a loser. Such is the case with this one. And I am a romantic.

The romance of this movie isn't just limited to the conventional meaning of the word, as in the passion between Streep and Redford, rather the classical romanticism in regards to the setting and the feeling of it all. It's an often sad film, some may find it too cheesy, but I found it very beautiful and engaging. Streep is incredible, and while Redford may not exactly fit his character, he is likable as ever, so he works.

Extremely well-shot, the cinematography is stunning and the score is excellent but the story itself is not very interesting. Good thing there is a lot of chemistry between Meryl and Robert Redford. The plane scene is wonderful.

This charming classic is still a solid movie, from some solid material

Streep is always top-notch, yet she's, arguably, outshone by Redford here. Whenever the two are onscreen together, the movie comes alive. The big quarrel was insightful, almost riveting, and a highlight which clearly emphasizes how the rest of the plot just doesn't even begin to measure up. A talky relationship drama with these characters (and actors) instead would probably have boosted my score up some tiers.

I feel strangely about this movie. Loved the score, the cinematography and Meryl Streep's acting, but hated the story. So it kind of joins the list of movies I liked and hated at the same time. I feel this way about a lot of Oscar winners. I just hate being made to feel like shit by a movie.

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Not really Best Picture worthy but both the leads are great.