Invictus (2009)
Invictus (2009)
http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Invictus/70118779
Invictus is a robust, substantive movie that's about much more than the rigors of rugby or marshaling victory on the playing field. Invictus dramatizes the historical day when Nelson Mandala emerged, after 27 years of imprisonment under the white laws of apartheid, as the duly elected president of South Africa. (That nation's Obama moment was not that long ago -- though it preceded ours by some years.) Morgan Freeman is natural as Mandala just as Ben Kingsley was a natural for Ghandi. He humbly chooses statesmanship and reconciliation over political retribution. He concludes that South Africa needs to feel pride for its accomplishments at racial integration rather than shame for its practice of apartheid. He drops carefully worded hints to Matt Damon, who plays the beefy team captain of the Springboks, who have had a series of hopeless seasons. The true story of how South Africa's team rose to greatness, began the healing of their country, and vindicated their nation's new place on the global stage is most inspiring and told with nary a cliche. If you love sports, see Invictus! See it even if you merely like or tolerate sports. Here is a big-picture movie that tells a global story. 4.5 stars. (6-7-2010, posted 7-2-2016)
http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Invictus/70118779
Invictus is a robust, substantive movie that's about much more than the rigors of rugby or marshaling victory on the playing field. Invictus dramatizes the historical day when Nelson Mandala emerged, after 27 years of imprisonment under the white laws of apartheid, as the duly elected president of South Africa. (That nation's Obama moment was not that long ago -- though it preceded ours by some years.) Morgan Freeman is natural as Mandala just as Ben Kingsley was a natural for Ghandi. He humbly chooses statesmanship and reconciliation over political retribution. He concludes that South Africa needs to feel pride for its accomplishments at racial integration rather than shame for its practice of apartheid. He drops carefully worded hints to Matt Damon, who plays the beefy team captain of the Springboks, who have had a series of hopeless seasons. The true story of how South Africa's team rose to greatness, began the healing of their country, and vindicated their nation's new place on the global stage is most inspiring and told with nary a cliche. If you love sports, see Invictus! See it even if you merely like or tolerate sports. Here is a big-picture movie that tells a global story. 4.5 stars. (6-7-2010, posted 7-2-2016)
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