Duma (2005)
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Critic Consensus: This is an old-fashioned, richly textured family film that will appeal to children and adults alike.
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Carroll Ballard, director of The Black Stallion and Never Cry Wolf, presents another story of an unusual relationship between humans and animals in this drama. Xan (Alexander Michaletos) is a young boy who lives with his father and mother (Campbell Scott and Hope Davis) on a ranch in Kenya. One day, Xan and his folks discover a cheetah cub whose mother has died. With no one to care for the cat, Xan and his family take the cheetah under their wing, and after naming the cub "Dooms" (from "Duma," … More
| Rating: | PG (for mild adventure peril) |
| Genre: | Drama, Action & Adventure, Kids & Family |
| Directed By: | Carroll Ballard |
| Written By: | Carol Flint, Karen Janszen, Mark St. Germain |
| In Theaters: | Sep 30, 2005 Limited |
| On DVD: | May 16, 2006 |
| Box Office: | $0.8M |
| Runtime: |
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as Xan
as Peter
as Thandi
as Lucille
as Kristin
as Aunt Gwen
as Coach Nagy
as Hock Bender
as Xan's Teacher
as Poetry Student
as Policeman
as Ripkuna
as Tourist #1
as Tourist #2
as Tourist #3 Eager Man
as Tourist #4 Beautiful...
as White Haired Doctor
as Doctor's Wife
as Old Man In Village
as Medicine Woman - Sul...
as Rip's Wife - Melika
as Rip's Son
as Rip's Father
as Rip's Mother
as Duma
as Duma
as Duma
as Duma
as Duma
as Young Duma
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It's a crime what happened to the wonderful African wilderness movie Duma in 2005. Beautifully directed by veteran Carroll Ballard, Duma fell flat in the United States because of bad timing and abysmal marketing.
For those wishing they still made films like The Black Stallion, today is your lucky day.
Visually panoramic, a film that revels in making the expanse of a beautiful place palpable.
Too suspenseful for the youngest children, but for anyone older than 8 or 9, it evokes nothing less than awe at the harsh beauty of the natural world.
With ravenous alligators and lions on the prowl, Duma delivers familiar adventure, but Ballard refuses to cater to cuteness.
Like its title character, Duma has been left to fend for itself by Warner Bros., which is barely releasing it. A successful showing this weekend will prove that there really is an audience for this brand of thoughtful, literate family film.
Audience Reviews for Duma
This hugely emotional film is perfect. It has an absolutely beautiful atmosphere and is rich with beautiful scenery, cinematography and acting talents crossed with strong, heartwarming and absolutely cherishable emotional depth. It has some of the best child acting i've ever seen in the history of my time deeply involved in my interest of films and is a modern classic that flows smoothly with a perfect script variety of darkness, brightness, humour and scares. But most amazingly for a film of the newest generation, Duma has a classic feel to it and is not afraid to be to smart for its own good.
Super Reviewer
FANTASTIC! Why don't more people love this movie? Wonderfully done, brilliant soundtrack, beautiful story, superb acting... So freakin' AMAZING! Everyone should see this cute little film.
Super Reviewer
it was ok not great but ok
Super Reviewer
Duma Quotes
| Ripkuna: | Mothers never stop loving their children. |
| Xan: | My father, he died recently. How can someone just disappear like that? Forever. |
| Xan: | Love doesn't stop when time passes, or you live in different places, or somebody's gone. |
| Xan: | That's how it was with me and Duma. |
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