The grandest and most wonderful romance film I've ever seen. Redford and Streeps are excellent.
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Not age appropriate for kids under 11, age appropriate for kids over 13; suggested age 13. -
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Common Sense says
An authentic look at 20th-century Colonial Africa.
updated 07.04.08
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 13 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Out of Africa
Parents need to know that mature themes and the film's slow pace make it unsuitable for younger kids. It features a torrid love affair (though not much is shown), the hunting and killing of animals, and white landowners using native black people as laborers and house servants. One of the main characters contracts a sexually transmitted disease, and another dies in a plane crash.
Read our full review by Randy White
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about why older male leads are almost always paired in romantic films with much younger female leads. Does that impact what kinds of stories get told on film? Does the practice affect or reflect societal expectations of men and women?
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