Rotten
A well-meaning but ploddingly earnest after-school special...
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Overview
A touching mother-daughter relationship that reflects the modern South Africa.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
82%
Tomatometer
Fresh
"Life, Above All" earns the tears it inspires. The film is about deep human emotions, evoked with sympathy and love.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Perseverance is the theme of "Life, Above All," a drama that is deeply affecting, if also overwhelmingly bleak.
Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic
Fresh
There is less in-your-face grit in Cape Town-born director Oliver Schmitz's vision for this film than there is a careful pacing of somber revelations.
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
Fresh
In such a bleak story, the redemptive ending seems rushed and unconvincing, but director Oliver Schmitz has sent us a timely dispatch from a forgotten corner of the world that is honest above all.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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