Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Reviews
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Genre : Biography, Drama Release Date : November 29, 2013 MPAA Rating : PG-13 Duration : 146 minute(s) Production Budget : -Studio : The Weinstein Company Official Site : http://mandelafilm.com/ Reviews Rate :
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there is one thing about "Long Walk to Freedom" that can't be denied: Idris Elba gives a towering performance, a Mandela for the ages
by Scott Foundas [Variety ]
still, the film is a useful look at important history, and in the second half it grows intriguingly tangled
by Kyle Smith [New York Post ]
but in those moments when Elba shows the doubts, compromises and complications that make the man, we get glimpses of a life truly lived
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone ]
as a primer, it's respectable; as cinema, it feels like a biblical gospel, always gearing up for the next big speech or moment, yet shackled by the greatness of its subject
by Dave Calhoun [Time Out New York ]
a biopic that is more dutiful than illuminating
by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]
Reviewed by Jordan Hoffman [Film.com ]
Reviewed by Andrew Schenker [Slant Magazine ]
Reviewed by Michelle Orange [Village Voice ]
Reviewed by Stephen Holden [NY Times ]
by Kyle Smith [New York Post ]
Reviewed by Jordan Hoffman [Film.com ]
Reviewed by Andrew Schenker [Slant Magazine ]
