A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen. He decides that it is his responsibility to care for the infant and in the process learns that maybe the criminal life isn't the best way.
Tsotsi has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of Tsotsi (2005)
By Susan Granger (2,214) for Modamag.com (300) on 28 Mar 2006
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By David S (4,459) on 27 Oct 2007
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By Ed Gonzalez (1,102) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 17 Feb 2006
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Tsotsi was released in 2005 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 482 reviews, giving Tsotsi (2005) an average rating of 74%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 82%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 76%.
With a score of 74%, Tsotsi is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2005, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2005 with similar scores include films like The Descent, The 40 Year Old Virgin and Green Street Hooligans.
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