Wah-Wah

Wah-Wah is never less than good but it's also never quite great.

I admired the movie and was happy to see it but can think of two other films about whites in Africa that do a better job of seeing their roles.

Watching it is like trying to assemble a puzzle that's missing pieces: You can see the outline of a story, and some shapes fit neatly together, but there are undeniable holes.

Watson shifts from deceptively demur to hellcat without losing a beat or upstaging the rest of the film.