Out of Africa (1985)

Name: Out of Africa
Director: Sydney Pollack
Genre: History, Romance, Drama
Released: 1985
Duration: 161 min

"Based on a true story."

ThumbScore

👍 75%Google users liked it ⓘ

Critics Score

🎬 66% (RT: 62%, MC: 69)

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Director

Sydney Pollack

Runtime

2h 41m

Country

United States of America

Language

English

TMDB Rating

7.2/10 (1,511 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

62%

Metacritic

Cast

Robert Redford as Denys George Finch Hatton · 73% avg

Meryl Streep as Karen Christence Dinesen Blixen · 73% avg

Klaus Maria Brandauer as Baron Bror Blixen/Baron Hans Blixen · 75% avg

Michael Kitchen as Berkeley Cole · 68% avg

Malick Bowens as Farah

Michael Gough as Lord Delamere · 78% avg

Suzanna Hamilton as Felicity

Rachel Kempson as Lady Belfield

Is Out of Africa good?

Most people think so. 75% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 66%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre

#242 / 389 · History

Rank in its year

#45 / 60 · 1985

Rank among its director's films

#2 / 8 · Sydney Pollack

On ThumbScore's lists

Best Picture Winners Ranked by Audience Score (#83)

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel. Wikipedia ↗

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