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By Paul Byrnes (441) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 21 Jan 2010

As a story about political change, it's fascinating. And as an Eastwood film, it's perhaps less than we have come to expect…

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By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 21 Jan 2010

While the film is not quite in the same league as Eastwood's finest works of the past decade, it is still to be admired for telling quite a…

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By Erin Free (200) for FILMINK (Australia) (1,405) on 19 Jan 2010

Eastwood seems to inherently know that even in a big story, it's the intimate moments that hold everything together, and he is never overwhelmed…

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By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Jan 2010

There's nothing superficial about this thrilling and powerful feel-good film that transcends genres and soars as high as our hearts will fly…

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By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Jan 2010

A gripping, moving, sobering and highly entertaining film…

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By Jonathan F. Richards (111) for Film.com (1,892) on 15 Jan 2010

What Eastwood has done is to assemble a cast of American and South African actors and allow them to create something moving, exciting, and…

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By Fernando F. Croce (840) for CinePassion (694) on 10 Jan 2010

This blend of Great Man biopic and underdog sports rouser is spacious and laidback, light on pious cathedral lighting and inescapable Obama parallels…

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By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 06 Jan 2010

Invictus succeeds in making one sympathize with and root for Mandela; it does not succeed as a thrilling film-going experience, as it well could have…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for The Simon (25) on 30 Dec 2009

Eastwood's austere direction is always this close to tumbling into dullness, but he's got two strong leads to keep Invictus alert and alive…

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By Karina Montgomery (580) for Cinerina (549) on 29 Dec 2009

Terrific acting but the film at large suffers from pacing problems, perhaps deciding midstream what it wanted to be about…

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By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 28 Dec 2009

On the flip side, both Damon and Freeman deliver exemplary performances, and even if the accents aren't perfect the way they dig deep inside…

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By Bob Grimm (315) for Tucson Weekly (71) on 24 Dec 2009

Freeman is great as Mandela, but picture loses focus and becomes a pretty lousy rugby movie…

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By Charles Koplinski (232) for Illinois Times (232) on 24 Dec 2009

A moving testament to forgiveness and redemption…

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By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 24 Dec 2009

A movie based on a lie…

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By Gabe Leibowitz (202) for Film and Felt (184) on 20 Dec 2009

The script is a steaming pile of schmaltz and sports clichés, and Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon stumble through without any energy, but with…

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By Lori Hoffman (553) for Atlantic City Weekly (553) on 18 Dec 2009

The film seems determined to show us the uplifting side of the post-apartheid era, and that just feels like a whitewash, pun intended…

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By Dragan Antulov (311) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 18 Dec 2009

Ne samo politi%u010Dki, nego I zanatski korektan film…

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By Anders Wotzke (182) for Moviedex (362) on 17 Dec 2009

Like the pseudo biopic on Mandela, the rugby half is both shallow and generic, qualities echoed by the horrendously mawkish theme song 'Colorblind…

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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 16 Dec 2009

Even if it sometimes simplifies the historical issues in favor of uncomplicated multiplex feel-good uplift, it's hard not to get swept up in the joy…

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By Fred Topel (1,193) for Can Magazine (288) on 16 Dec 2009

I don't like important movies anyway. Once you set out to be important, I don't buy it…

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