Pros: From the lush cinematography to Meryl Streep's flawless transformation, this film had a whole bunch going for it, including a great romance with some brilliant dialogue, and the barebones plot was good enough. The score is also great and flows with the natural plot.
Cons: Sure, most of these are nitpicky, but a flaws nevertheless. Karen (Streep) somehow has a farm in Africa to grow coffee which doesn't seem to go that well, but the focus of this isn't on the farm, when it should have been in the forefront a bit more. And how does she get the farm in Africa in the first place? Where does all her money come from initially?
Recommend: Yes
Grade: B+
Side Notes:
-If my husband (or lover) ever gives me syphilis, I will kill him.
-Bror (Oscar-nominated Klaus Maria Brandauer) gets his happy ending while Karen ends up heart-broken in the end after her lover, Denys (Robert Redford0 dies in a plane crash.
-Karen actually cares about the citizens of Kenya.
-I wonder what PETA had to say about the natural scenes.
-This film is rather different from the rest of films directed by Sydney Pollack.
-Do any epic romances have a happy ending?
-The Color Purple was a better film and should have won the Oscar for Best Picture, just saying.
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