March 24, 2012
An absolutely outstandimg family film for the family!
Eriya Ndayambaje, Sanyu Janita Kintu, Roger Nsengiyumva, Sherrie Silver, Yves Dusenge
A handful of children are determined to make their dreams a reality against long odds in this family-friendly adventure. Dudu (Eriya Ndayambaje) is a young boy with energy and imagination to spare who... read more 
Directed by: Debs Gardner-Paterson
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Flixster Reviews (85)
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October 31, 2010Dreamfilm for silly emotions of sleepwalkers. Not connected to the real thing. Beautifull cenery and entertaining nevertheless.
Critic Reviews
March 17, 2012
Andrew L. Urban, Urban Cinefile
March 17, 2012
Louise Keller, Urban Cinefile
Like its infectious music and indelible African landscape, the sheer enthusiasm of this upbeat film championing friendship and dreams instantly rubs off Full Review
March 5, 2012
Don Groves, sbs.com.au
An earnest, treacly tale of youthful trio's long trek through Africa. Full Review
February 10, 2011
Shaun Munro, What Culture
It goes without saying that the precocious charm of an impoverished Rwandan kid improvising a football out of a condom, some string and a plastic bag is undeniable. Full Review
October 28, 2010
Christopher Tookey, Daily Mail [UK]
It appears to have been put together by social workers eager to bombard children with Aids awareness and the importance of condoms. Full Review
October 27, 2010
Neil Smith, Film4
Has enough charm, colour and humour to win us over by extra time. Full Review
October 25, 2010
Henry Fitzherbert, Daily Express
A cheery, rough-around-the-edges family film about three Rwandan children who travel overland from Rwanda to the 2010 World Cup in Johannesburg. Full Review
October 21, 2010
Neil Smith, Total Film
Director Debs Gardner-Paterson gets disarming performances from her young leads and the soundtrack is terrific. Full Review
October 21, 2010
Xan Brooks, Guardian [UK]
A bouncy crossbreed of Slumdog Millionaire, Enid Blyton and a Unicef commercial; a film that so dearly wants to be adored and adopted that it seems positively churlish to shoo it away. Full Review
October 21, 2010
Tom Seymour, Little White Lies
It may be formulaic and linear, it may flinch by too readily blending into fable, but it doesn't hide from the realities. It just refuses to bow to them.
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