Cast Matt Damon
Morgan Freeman
Tony Kgoroge
Marguerite Wheatley
Adjoa Andoh
Screenwriter
Anthony Peckham
Director
Clint Eastwood
Running Time
133 minutes
Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match. (Warner Bros.)
It's slow to get going, the use of seemingly inexperienced actors [like Gran Torino] jars and there's too much repetitive explaining. There also seemed something wrong with the visual image itself that I couldn't quite put my finger on though it might just have been the way it was being projected in the cinema. Having said all that once it got going it was exciting and moving.
