Invictus

Best movie ever

 5

Some of you just dont know good movies.

By Bob

Sort of tedious..

 3

A pretty average film which conveniently leaves out the poisoning of the All Blacks. Quite interesting to learn about Nelson Mandella and the lead up to the World Cup, though.

By Nick

the real persepctive.....

 5

The movie wasnt written for the kiwis it is a part of south african history which had drastic affects on the entire nation. Seeing as you probably have never been to africa or where there during the apartheid you have no idea, all you know is the NZ perspective. there are two sides to every story. It isnt't all about the all blacks its the bigger picture of racial discremination.I was at the world cup and although it didnt solve all South Africas problems it was a stepping stone in the right direction. there was no proof the all blacks where poisoned and stop living in the past they lost in 2007 all by themselves.

By Jam

Excellant performances

 4

from Damon and Freeman and just another terrific Clint Eastwwod directed movie.Gave me a much greater understanding of Nelson Mandela as a man. Leo, not sure what the blah,blah,blah is all about, obviously this comment comes from someone who has not viewed the movie.

By sue

learned a lot

 5

Great story! it's not only Rugby, story about history of SA & Apartheid, how he has forgiven the people after 30years prison.

By SARA

Great

 4

By brian

One of the best films of the year

 4

If you want to see a rugby game, go and see it on TV. This is not a film about the All Blacks, the French team or the Samoans playing. It is a very realistic and masterly crafted film showing how through the idea and determination of one man and a determined sports team a huge step could be taken within a very short timeframe towards closing the rift called apartheit in South Africa. Yes, there are some hickups (like the Haka, like some sentimentality, some errors in the rugby game), which are a bit of a shame. But they are minor. On the other hand the quality of the actors, the observing eye of Eastwood showing the changes in the social contacts between black and white, the pace of the action and development of the film: Excellent. A film worth seeing, even twice.

By g2e

Worth a watch

 3

Freeman and Matt Damon Provide great acting in this movie, The Rugby looked a bit weak in the movie, but def a movie to see.

By FilmCritik

great story

 4

great movie except for the poor performance played by the All Blacks.Well done Clint Eastwood,Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon.Great story.The Press needs to get a new movie reviewer

By Donald Cameron

You don't need to like rugby to like this film.

 3

As a person who has very little time for rugby and the way it is the object of near supersticious veneration in this country (NZ), I wasn't expecting much from this film. But having Clint Eastwood as a director, and having seen and been intrigued by the trailer, I went along.
I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the film - except for the cringe-worthy, embarrasing "Haka" (or should that be "hacker")I could hear the whole audience wince and groan over it!
I felt Morgan Freeman's Mandela was a leetle too saintly, but then, who's to know how much of the script came from dewey-eyed Hollywood writers and how much was based on actual conversations of the time?

And "Jonah Lomu" was a little bit shorter and rounder than I can recall at the time!!!

All up, a great movie, well worth seeing.

By Mike R

GO bokkke

 5

SA are the champs not so much for NZ hahahaha shame

By darran

yeah

 5

really good movie and i know that south africe are going to win the next world cup in nz

By jp

blah blah blah

 1

i see your mouths moving but all I hear is blah blah blah.......

By leo

um..

 2

I don’t really like rugby or the All Blacks but I wasn’t prepared for how this movie made me feel from a NZ perspective. It was difficult to watch how Eastwood portrayed the All Backs as a one man (Lomu) team and how winning the world cup made all South Africa’s racial problems go away. What is essentially a story of how Mandela used S.A’s passion for Rugby to unite two races, it is also classical Hollywood cinema’s take on a massive South African problem and a sport that US film makers don’t understand.

By jordan

Face it

 4

The film is about how rugby united the nation. Not what may or may have happened.

By Nick

Get over it

 5

Its people like you Ben that the all blacks hate, loyal supporter but also quick to turn the knife. Mate, get over the last world cups and get rid of your baggage. We've got in our own back yard next so lets hope for the best. I'm glad S.A did win that year as it did more for a nation other than just bragging rights.

By Mike

Reality

 1

y isnt the fact that our all blacks are poisoned in this film? would look a bit more dramatic for the movie execs!!!

By Ben