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A 13-year-old boy is thrown out of the school he loves when his family can no longer afford the fees. He sneaks into the library and learns how to build a windmill to save his village from a famine.
1975, Dakar, Senegal
14 August 1948, St. Lucia, Caribbean
10 July 1977, Forest Gate, London, England, UK
March 01, 2019
There's never a question of how The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind will end, but that doesn't deter from the moment of triumph it delivers.February 28, 2019
The film remains too mannered for its own good; it's unquestionably nice and well-intentioned, but lacking momentum.February 28, 2019
"The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" - feeds our hunger for inspiring tales in these desperate times with a beautifully engineered narrative latticework of hardship, hope, and know-how.March 01, 2019
Not make this simply a portrait of victimhood, but a deeply informed and fully expressed portrait of a culture most of us (including this critic) knew little about.February 28, 2019
When the triumphs of the human, agricultural and engineering spirits arrive, they work. It's moving, and it's earned. Ejiofor is off and running as a director.March 01, 2019
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is respectfully restrained to a fault, but its earnest and authentic outlook provides the biopic with a beating heart.March 01, 2019
Debut director Ejiofor gives us a unique perspective. Reminiscent of Oscar winner "Tsotsi," or the gut-wrenching, perfect film "Moolaadé," this is a story that should be explored.March 01, 2019
Touching - the right kind of movie to show in school.March 01, 2019
Oscar-nominated actor-turned-director Chiwetel Ejiofor creates a powerful sense of desperation for his beautifully-written characters to struggle and fight against.March 01, 2019
The miserable-inspirational balance of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is quite a bit off.March 01, 2019
It builds realism and context into both sides of that story and manages to be a winning adaptation as a result.February 28, 2019
Though hobbled by an obviousness that dampens any suspense, this sensitive, environmentally concerned movie is most successful when steeped in the particularities of its location.