Young Musa is orphaned after a mysterious illness strikes his village in KwaZulu Natal. To help his grandmother, Musa sets out for Johannesburg with his father's last gift, a tribal drum, in search of work and his uncle. The journey confronts him with the stark realities of urban life, but his indomitable spirit never wavers; he returns with a truth and understanding his elders have failed to grasp.
Beat the Drum has generally received very positive reviews.
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Beat the Drum was released in 2003 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 22 reviews, giving Beat the Drum (2003) an average rating of 77%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 83%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Beat the Drum a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 77%, Beat the Drum is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2003, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 2003 with similar scores include films like Big Fish, Dogville and House of Sand and Fog.
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