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Invictus
Overview
After both Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman walked away with Oscars after their last collaboration, MILLION DOLLAR BABY, the celebrated pair reteams for this drama based on a true story. Freeman stars as Nelson Mandela, who has just been elected president of South Africa. To bring his country together, Mandela brings the South African rugby team and its captain (Matt Damon) to the forefront as the players try to win a world championship.
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Clint Eastwood - Director
Morgan Freeman
Matt Damon
Tony Kgoroge
Patrick Mofokeng
Matt Stern
Julian Lewis Jones
Adjoa Andoh
Louis Minaar
Shakes Myeko
Sibongile Nojila
Details
- Format: DVD (Dubbed, Widescreen)
- Run Time: 133
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 883929060948
- Genre: DRAMA
- Rating: PG-13 (MPAA)
- Release Date: May 2010
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"[A] very good story very well told....Every scene brims with surprising details that accumulate into a rich fabric of history, cultural impressions and emotion." - 11/27/2009 Variety
"Nothing speaks so dramatically about Clint Eastwood's recent and remarkable burst of creativity as a director of awards-worthy films than the appearance of INVICTUS..." - 11/27/2009 Hollywood Reporter
3 stars out of 5 -- "INVICTUS is a salubrious amalgam of history and sports suitable for family viewing." - 12/01/2009 Box Office Magazine
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Eastwood's modest approach to these momentous events shames the usual Hollywood showboating....He's made a film that truly is good for the soul." - 12/24/2009 Rolling Stone
"Freeman lets the words breathe, and Damon, as the cautious Afrikaner brought to a higher place by Mandela's authority, acts with a coolly impassive fervor." -- Grade: B+ - 12/18/2009 Entertainment Weekly
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Director Clint Eastwood cleverly fuses a political tale and a sports story and serves fact-based inspiration....[With] two stellar performances and a story that stirs hearts and intrigues minds." - 12/11/2009 USA Today
"[T]he director has turned out a stirring drama about South African leader Nelson Mandela, blending entertainment, social message and history lesson..." - 12/11/2009 Los Angeles Times
"[Featuring] the convergence of a great actor and a great character. Morgan Freeman playing Nelson Mandela is lie a virtuoso playing Bach on a Stradivarius while moving serenely around the room." - 12/11/2009 Wall Street Journal
"[A] rousing true story of athletic triumph....An absorbing character study of one of the most extraordinary characters of our time..." - 12/11/2009 New York Times
3 stars out of 4 -- "[Damon] has become the most unlikely Hollywood rarity: a character actor with a matinee-idol face." - 12/11/2009 Washington Post
3 stars out of 5 -- "Though Freeman's voice is deeper than Mandela's, he catches the former President's cadences exactly..." - 01/15/2009 Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "Eastwood maintains momentum....[He] perhaps encourages many to want to learn more about what happened either side of this glorious moment, expertly brought to life again." - 01/26/2010 Uncut
3 stars out of 5 -- "[N]oble, elegant, warm-hearted and dedicated to Anthony Peckham's solidly faithful adaptation of John Carlin's book." - 01/29/2010 Empire
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Based on the real events that transpired in South Africa in the early and mid-90s this is another solid offering from Hollywood's most consistent director, Clint Eastwood." - 05/18/2010 Premiere
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