read the several review herein and i perceive no middle ground . reviewer either hat this film or love it . hater decry poor acting and poor story line and pointless death and wanton frustration and and and most damning and imitate out of africa . the comparison be just too many to ignore . lover and on the other hand and wax romantically about feel like be in africa and the poignant love story and the tragic death and the courage of a woman under the strain of living against the sage advice of her dear old mum . well and sport fan and i work in east africa for over 20 year and there be damn little to find romantic about it . beautiful . yes and afica be that . wild . yes and beyond your wild dream . frustrating . same answer . i have never meet an old afican hand who do not at once love and hate that continent . [ i could go on for hour on that subject and but back to the film represent ] i fall in with the critic in that i find this film to be most unsatisfying . there be many fine treatment of the subject of woman deal with the frustration and challenge of living in a land where if anything can go wrong and count on it occur twice . isak denisen and elsbeth huxley book be greatly superior to kuki story . for my part and i find any ethnic connection be carry over into the story very unconvincing in both the book and this film and both of which come off a second rate . look and denisen and huxley could write . we can leave it there . out of africa and the flame tree of thika be classic . i dream of africa be a whine wannabe tragedy and a a book and a badly act film . everybody performance be weak and unconvincing in light of early treatment of the same subject . romantic will still gush and choke up at this story . critic will still hold nose and give bronx cheer . a for me and count me among the latter .