The autobiographical adventures of conservationist Kuki Gallmann (Basinger) are filled with personal tragedies and moments of ''woman over matter'' triumphs meant to wring admiration like alms from her audience. (Classy Eva Marie Saint, playing Kuki's cultured mother, urges her daughter to return to civilization after each crisis.) But a recitation of woes doesn't constitute a plot, and panoramic shots of migrating wildlife don't convey enough African flavor. Lumbering along the rutted tracks of a muddy script by Susan Shilliday (''Legends of the Fall'') and Paula Milne, this torpid drama from director Hugh Hudson (''Chariots of Fire'') visits adversities as if they were stops on a photo safari.
WHEN NATURE CALLS There's no rest for Basinger in ''I Dreamed of Africa''
EW's GRADE
D+Details Rated: PG-13; Length: 114 Minutes; Genre: Drama; With: Kim Basinger and Vincent Perez; Distributor: Columbia Pictures
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