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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Film ThreatMerle BertrandFilm ThreatMerle BertrandA touching and almost ridiculously inspirational story for all of us.
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonAn inspirational movie about a inspiring figure: Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah of Ghana.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoTen percent of Ghana's 20 million people are disabled, yet the film makes little attempt to explain why.
- 70VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerSincere but fairly soft piece of ennobling journalism that gives a positive spin to some of Africa's seemingly intractable problems.
- 63New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanYeboah is so levelheaded about his own accomplishments that the swelling score and emotional narration from Oprah Winfrey feel embarrassingly sentimental.
- 63Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrDirected in the breathless inspirational tones of an infomercial, the film's an acceptable document of a thoroughly remarkable individual.
- 60The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe heroic struggle of its subject is clearly meant to inspire, but it also seems destined to shame weak-willed viewers who'd crumble under much less formidable obstacles.
- 60Village VoiceBen KenigsbergVillage VoiceBen KenigsbergThis feel-good profile barely touches on the political and cultural ramifications of Emmanuel's work. Narration by Oprah increases the aura of a civics lesson.
- 50Chicago ReaderAndrea GronvallChicago ReaderAndrea GronvallSamson Chan's color-saturated visuals add punch to the absorbing narrative, but overall this documentary plays like slickly packaged TV fare, right down to the plugs for Nike.
- Sadly, Emmanuel's Gift is a powerful story of political change almost smothered by contrivance.