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Nov 29, 2013 · The one aspect of "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" that almost saves the film is Elba and Harris's extraordinary charisma. She's good enough to bring complexity to the scene where Winnie, drink in hand, gazes admiringly at Nelson as he delivers a televised address. And he's just as impressive, especially when he has to make soundbite-friendly ...
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This biopic, based on the late Nelson Mandela's autobiography, has turned out to be almost spookily well-timed: its subject's death was announced during its London premiere on 6 December. The movie stars the British actor Idris Elba, who looks nothing like the man he portrays. Cinema has moved on since the days when casting agents thought Laurence ...
Since Mandela's death last year, some of his supporters have criticised the right wing in the west for calling him and the African National Congress "terrorists", while others have claimed his "terrorism" was a vital part of his struggle. The word "terrorism" is emotive - and therefore problematic - for historians. There isn't much difference betwe...
William Nicholson's intelligent screenplay deals admirably with this tricky material, presenting anti-apartheid violence in context of the constant, brutal violence the white supremacist regime was meting out to black South Africans. "For 50 years we have been talking peace and nonviolence," says Mandela in the film, explaining his move to arms. "A...
Mandela's passionate, troubled relationship with his second wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (Naomie Harris), is at the heart of the story. Winnie's enthusiasm for violence, even in the internecine struggle between anti-apartheid activists, is not glossed over, and nor is her apparent enthusiasm for "necklacing" – a sadistic method of execution in w...
While the political and historical efforts of this film are impressive, it does underplay one crucial element of Mandela's personality: his wit. A classic example came in 1997, when journalists asked him how he felt on meeting the Spice Girls. "I don't want to be emotional," deadpanned the man who had endured 27 years of imprisonment, ended aparthe...
Overall, this film does an eminently credible job until, in a disastrous misstep, it rolls the credits – and ends with a naff new song by U2. Giving the showboating multimillionaire pop star Bono – a man who could serve as the poster boy for what Nigerian-American writer Teju Cole calls the "White Saviour Industrial Complex" – the last word on Nels...
A thoughtful, compelling and moving account of Mandela's life that tells you what he wants, what he really, really wants – at least until the very last moment.
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Jan 5, 2014 · Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – review. A diligent biopic of Nelson Mandela is lifted by a beautifully supple performance from Idris Elba. Xan Brooks. Sat 4 Jan 2014 19.07 EST. Nelson Mandela ...
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Long Walk to Freedom premiered in London on 5 December 2013 as a Royal Film Performance, Prince William and Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were in attendance, along with Mandela's ...
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Jan 2, 2014 · Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – review. Idris Elba gives a powerful central performance in a biopic that treads respectfully while not shying from the uglier truths of the ANC's fight against ...
Nov 28, 2013 · Nov. 28, 2013. Hard moral decisions weigh heavily. And in “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,” Justin Chadwick’s stately screen biography of Nelson Mandela, the British actor Idris Elba conveys ...
