Just outside of the Malian city of Timbuktu, now occupied by militant Islamic rebels who impose the Sharia on civilians and inconvenience their daily life, a cattleman kills a fisherman.
Timbuktu has generally received very positive reviews.
Review of Timbuktu (2014)
By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 27 May 2015
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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 19 Feb 2015
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By Ryan B (2,114) on 29 Nov 2015
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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 28 May 2015
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Timbuktu was released in 2014 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 164 reviews, giving Timbuktu (2014) an average rating of 76%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 85%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 72%. Professional critics were more impressed with Timbuktu than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 76%, Timbuktu is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2014, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2014 with similar scores include films like Paddington, The Fault in Our Stars and Still Alice.
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