By Jeannette Catsoulis “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” the directing debut of the actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, is so worthy, so earnest and so achingly sincere that it’s almost painful to ...

But “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” which dramatizes Malawian engineer William Kakwamba’s youthful struggle to save his starving village via technical ingenuity, carries its seriousness ...

Chiwetel Ejiofor’s directorial debut, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, is this year’s British entry for Oscar’s recently renamed Best International Feature Film category. But the same rules ...

The new Netflix movie The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is an inspiring tale of a 13-year-old Malawi boy who saves his town from starvation by building a wind turbine out of scraps and bike parts.

A lovely and thoughtful family film, “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” is a far cry from Marvel multiplex-ity. But once viewers (of all ages) adjust to its quiet and respectful approach ...

That pushback arrives late in the film, and the majority of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind works as a sometimes too-slow lead-up to the ending. The transition to the last act doesn’t completely ...

The propellers are made of plastic pipes supported by sticks so that they should not bend when the wind is strong and placed almost vertical to the direction of where the wind comes from.

But in December 2000, when William is 13, everything in his world goes very wrong, and "The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind" becomes a book for readers of all ages, one that may not leave you dry-eyed.

Chiwetel Ejiofor's directing debut, 'The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,' tells the true story of a self-taught teen inventor in Malawi. By THR Staff There’s something discomfiting about rooting for ...