Review of Half of a Yellow Sun (2013) by Mary Houlihan for Chicago Sun-Times — 18 Jun 2014
The film is well acted all around and the excellent art direction brings the ’60s to colorful life. But Bandele struggles to balance an epic story of civil war and death against the equally epic story of sisters whose lives are forever changed by circumstances they can’t control.
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This review of Half of a Yellow Sun (2013) was written by Mary Houlihan and published by Chicago Sun-Times on 18 Jun 2014.
Half of a Yellow Sun has generally received mixed reviews.
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