Sarafina! | | Cast : | Whoopi Goldberg, Leleti Khumalo | | Director : | Darrell Roodt | | Studio : | Walt Disney Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | January 01, 1992 | | DVD Released Date : | January 25, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | October 10, 2004 | | Summary | A mix of beauty and passion | Content
 | I have never seen Sarafina but I think this is supposed to be a review of the soundtrack anyway. I do want to see the movie eventually just because of the music for it.
I listened to the song samples and decided immediately that I HAD to have this album, despite not seeing the film. Very few soundtracks are quite so compelling. Titanic and The Little Mermaid immediately spring to mind as examples, but as you see, the ability to stand alone is the hallmark of a good soundtrack. Tracks six and seven are far and away my favorites on the CD. The choral arrangements are simply stunning and give me tingles of pleasure every time. The harmonies are profound and the beauty awe-inspiring. I love the ethnic feel to the music and the talent of the singers. This is defintely worth the money, and actually, I think it's a good deal because I got more than I paid for. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 21, 2004 | | Summary | movie fails miserably where stage play soars! | Content
| This movie was the biggest dissappointment of the early 90's! In an attempt to make it relevant to western viewers, the film makers completely changed the story, the music, and the over-all tone of this important piece of theater. Whoopi, of all people!? Give me a break! She was horrible. And why would you change the most beautiful and powerful South African Township music to sound like African American gospel music? It just didn't work for me at all. If you've only seen the movie version and never had the opportunity to experience Sarafina on stage, you probably won't be able to understand where I'm coming from. Having been blessed with seeing it twice as it toured the country, I can say with out a doubt that the movie version failed miserably where the stage play soared to the highest heights! |
| Rating | | | Date | April 07, 2004 | | Summary | Great Movie | Content
| This movie is excellent. It's about a young girl, her taecher, and her friends during the apartheid (separation of blacks and whites that ended in the 1980's.) This movie is showing everything from the prisons to the houses. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 23, 2003 | | Summary | EVERY CHILD/HUMAN SHOULD WATCH THIS MOVIE | Content
| THE MOVIE AND THE MUSIC IS SO POWERFUL THAT YOU ARE READY TO GET UP AND GO OUT TO THE STREETS AND SCREAM FROM THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD TO WAKE UP AND FIGHT FOR THE JUSTICE OF ALL PEOPLE!!!
... ALSO, WATCH MALCOLM X, BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE, ... |
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