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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasA superior all-ages adventure pic made by a filmmaker who knows more than a thing or two about the genre.
- 90SalonStephanie ZacharekSalonStephanie ZacharekIntelligent, visually rich filmmaking.
- 88Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonDuma, at its best, reminded me exactly why we loved movies as children: because they told stories like this, with images just as rhapsodically colorful and exciting.
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAn astonishing film.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttA newcomer to film, Michaletos grew up on a farm with cheetahs, so he can act natural around the animals while making this Huck Finn-like character more than credible.
- 80Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternDuma is not a masterpiece, but its deficits recede into insignificance once you open yourself to the movie's mystery and visual splendor.
- 80Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesThis is superior family entertainment--warm, thoughtful, and connected to the landscape.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanBallard connects you to the beauteous inner calm of the wild, even if audiences today are looking for a lot less calm.
- 70The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe cheetah is the star in Duma, and no one directs animals more convincingly than Ballard, who knows better than anyone how to integrate patchwork nature shots into narrative action. Too bad the two-legged talking animals aren't as compelling this time out.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceDuma turns out to be surprisingly flat, with little of the child's-eye imagery that gave "The Black Stallion" its poetic thrust and too much of the narrative gear-grinding that grounded stretches of "Fly Away Home."