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Life, Above All: Film Review

9:34 PM PDT 10/14/2010 by Natasha Senjanovic

Oliver Schmitz's "Life, Above All" sets out as a character-driven film about one of the nearly one million children orphaned by AIDS in South Africa but its schematic structure oversimplifies the drama, despite an interesting, mostly debut cast.

Oliver Schmitz's Life, Above All sets out as a character-driven film about one of the nearly one million children orphaned by AIDS in South Africa but its schematic structure oversimplifies the drama, despite an interesting, mostly debut cast. It seems better suited for the small screen, which could work to give the film broader television sales.

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