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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAfter seeing Kinyarwanda, I have a different kind of feeling about the genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994. The film approaches it not as a story line but as a series of intense personal moments.
- 90Village VoiceErnest HardyVillage VoiceErnest HardyCast with both professional and novice actors (which results in uneven performances), the beautifully shot film is filled with exquisite moments.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaBy detailing the allegiance between Tutsi Muslims and Christian Hutus, and the fatwa issued by a Muslim leader forbidding his followers to participate in the massacres, the film is hopeful rather than horrific, even as it describes events of impossible savagery and hate.
- 70Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThis ambitious first feature film about the period made entirely by Rwandans (shot in a remarkable 16 days), while hardly an all-inclusive look at this complex conflict, paints a heartfelt, fairly restrained picture of a nation under siege.
- Dry but thoughtful drama.
- 30VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerDoubly disappointing considering that it marks the first feature by Rwandan filmmakers to address the country's 1994 Hutu-on-Tutsi genocide, Kinyarwanda awkwardly and fitfully patches together a half-dozen story strands meant to provide a panoramic view of war and reconciliation.