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www.washingtonpost.com - : ''Gorillas in the Mist'' isn't a terrible film, but it is a frustrating one, and you can't help but feel betrayed by how the filmmakers have served their subject. It's watchable, certainly, and whenever the cameras turn on the gorillas -- who are the film's true stars -- you feel you're witnessing something truly great. But the movie's small-mindedness squeezes the enthusiasm out of you. Just when you want it to deliver on its promise, it trashes itself. more...
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reviews.imdb.com - : GORILLAS IN THE MIST unfortunately draws its style from its many Hollywood ''biopic'' predecessors. It's earnest, straightforward, and without much point. Indeed, the filmmakers have dragged out the hoary old devices of a love interest, the faithful servant, and the wizened older-woman-as-advice-giver. The film is almost painful in its predictability. more...
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1.5/
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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : `Gorillas in the Mist'' tells us what Dian Fossey accomplished and what happened to her, but it doesn't tell us who she was, and at the end that's what we want to know. Here is a movie that has gone to great lengths to be technically accomplished - the shots of the apes are everything we could wish for - but the screenplay has been skimped on, and there is a person missing here somewhere. We leave the theater feeling that when Fossey was buried in her beloved jungle, the third act of the movie was buried there, too. more...
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3/4
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