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Documentary from the director of An Inconvenient Truth and Waiting for Superman, on the life and work of Malala Yousafzai...
Documentary from the director of An Inconvenient Truth and Waiting for Superman, on the life and work of Malala Yousafzai - the inspirational Pakistani school girl who was shot by the Taliban. Yousafzai fully recovered and become an unassuming activist for the rights and education of Pakistani women. In 2014 she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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"Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban for refusing to stay home from school. She’s now an international folk hero, education crusader and Nobel laureate. In this vivacious documentary, director Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) explains her fortitude as mostly nurture, via her teacher father who named her after the girl warrior who lead the Pashtun to victory over the British in 1880."
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Flicks
Flicks"Where the film falters is in its willingness to settle for canned uplift, reducing the substance of Malala’s global activism to multicultural montages, goosed by Thomas Newman’s emotional cattle prod of a score."
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Variety
Variety"Frustratingly artless..."
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Time Out
Time Out"So much in this movie sounds as if it's well rehearsed that you're not really sure what to take at face value."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Guggenheim's film is inspiring."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Davis Guggenheim does some of his most heartfelt work in this tribute to Malala and her entire family."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"A forceful and exquisitely made piece of advocacy journalism."
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly"A fittingly poignant treatment of an inspiring subject."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineHe Named Me Malala | Details
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- Rating
- PG, brief bloody images
- Runtime
- 88
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of origin
- USA
