Half of a Yellow Sun
Drama, Romance
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2013
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An epic love story: Olanna and Kainene are glamorous twins, living a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria. The two women make very different choices of lovers, but rivalry and betrayal must be set aside as their lives are swept up in the turbulence of war.
Director:
Cast:
Same Director
Details
Rated:
R
Runtime:
106 min
Release date:
8 Sep 2013
Country:
NG, GB
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
3 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Biyi Bandele has excerpted their story from a much wider-ranging narrative, but the action here is still so tightly compressed that this feels like a precis for a movie twice its length.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
7 Aug 2014
fresh:
The best of the movie finds a way to abridge the novel and still allow the scenes to breathe.
– Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jul 2014
fresh:
Like many a lengthy novel, it might have worked better as a television series.
– John Hartl,
Seattle Times,
10 Jul 2014
rotten:
"Half of a Yellow Sun" winds up being one of those movies in which a pesky event of great historical import keeps getting in the way of a soap-opera romance.
– Bill Goodykoontz,
Arizona Republic,
10 Jul 2014
fresh:
The result is that melodramatic soap opera elements win out over Bandele's attempts at stirring historical drama. That said, it's still a story worth telling.
– Mary Houlihan,
Chicago Sun-Times,
19 Jun 2014