Duma (2005)

Great movie - good for all the family

Holds your interest all the way through. A movie that the whole family will enjoy...no worry about crude words or trashy talk; just good entertainment for people who love animals. It will hold the attention of children very much also. October 11, 2008

one of the best movies

i love this movie this reminds me of milo & otis with the cat and the dog but this is a story about raising a cheetah is heart breaking and i love the sceanery the movie is one of my favorites i love movies like this August 5, 2008

Duma Review

This movie is fantastic and appropriate for all ages. I showed my 5th grader, my 5 year old and my husband. They all loved the scenery, the message and the plot. May 31, 2008

Not your ordinary dog and pony show

A boy and his dog on a road trip meet a dark stranger?
In a waste land a boy and his a cheetah meet a black fellow
and a bond of friendship is found in the trip north to
Duma's home hunting grounds. Lions and crocodiles don't stop
this journey into adulthood, for either the cheetah or
the South African boy. The pictures of the cheetah and the wildlife
are very entertaining. April 25, 2008

beautiful but lacking

i had high hopes for this movie based on the reviews, but i as well as my family were a bit let down with it.

thankfully we saw it on home box office in HD, because there really are some stunning scenic moments in this movie. the shots of the cheetah growing up are priceless and any cat owner that watches the movie will find themselves captivated by how similar members of the cat family are of any size. but when a movie gets this good of reviews yet was never a big success something must be amiss.

i first have to say the audio recording in the movie is poor at best in many scenes. after getting tired of hearing complaints from everyone that they could not hear the people talking, i finally took a minute and cranked the center channel of my receiver all the way up to be able to understand what anyone was saying, a first of hundreds of movies watched. yes, they had accents, but it wasn't that.

i did not read the book, but by the sounds of it the book has a better story line than the movie. i know this movie was geared for kids and adults should try not to get hung up on the details that are not realistic but come on. not sure where to even start. the kid almost dies in the desert without food and water yet somehow only a few scenes later is tricking tourists to steal their food in order to stay lost instead of begging them to get him home. by the way, the scene stealing their food was ridiculous. just because a snake pops out of his shirt, 20 people with no place to go literally disappear leaving them to have their way with the food? some other parts dragged making it difficult to keep my kids attention while others like the 'danger' scenes were just cheap scare tactics.

i am a cheerleader for this class of movie and was excited to sit down with the family to watch it but in my opinion it didn't stack up.

my 5 year old did cry at the end if that counts for anything. actually it was the second to last scene saying goodbye to the cheetah. i on the otherhand cried at the final scene at such a terrible ending with the boy reuniting with his mother. really bad... August 3, 2007

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