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By Tim Holland (7) for TV Guide (1,527) on 24 Dec 2013

Mandelaís trials and triumphs, personal and political, are more than enough to keep this crowded but never overstuffed biopic clicking…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 24 Dec 2013

A conventional biopic made anything but conventional by the magnitude of its subject's life and accomplishments, and by Idris Elba's imposing…

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By David Rooney (943) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 24 Dec 2013

Mandela is straightforward storytelling of a type that’s somewhat out of fashion, but ultimately no less stirring for it…

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By Stephanie Merry (410) for Washington Post (9,851) on 24 Dec 2013

It can feel, at times, both overlong and oversimplified, but the story propels itself along while awakening in viewers some profound emotions…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 24 Dec 2013

A few inspirational moments can't compensate for so little information about Mandela's inner circle or a mere glimpse at the streets of South Africa…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 24 Dec 2013

Elba captures the fire and the passion of Mandela the young activist, the resilience of Mandela the political prisoner, and the wisdom and…

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By Loey Lockerby (139) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 24 Dec 2013

Some of the film is shallow and rushed, but when it stops to take a breath, it offers a context for the news stories that have come in the…

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By Jeff Beck (630) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 24 Dec 2013

Performances can get you a long way, but when you reduce such important events to a mere montage, then justice is clearly not being done to…

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By Connie Ogle (690) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 24 Dec 2013

A better primer-for-the-uninitiated than an in-depth, fresh and insightful examination of a famous and remarkable life…

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By Mike Scott (1,178) for New Orleans Times-Picayune (573) on 24 Dec 2013

One only wishes they were able to deliver these performances in a movie that felt more like a true celebration of Mandela's life -- and less…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 24 Dec 2013

Mandela has a stodgy this-happened-and-then-this-and-then-this quality, augmented by a heavy-handed musical score that constantly seems to…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 24 Dec 2013

You keep wishing, as Mandela plays out, that this were more than one movie…

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By Josh Bell (1,421) for Las Vegas Weekly (1,340) on 23 Dec 2013

A formulaic bullet-point biopic that does little to capture Mandela's personality or political significance…

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By Marc Mohan (821) for Oregonian (1,550) on 23 Dec 2013

British-born director Justin Chadwick might not seem the most logical choice to bring Mandela’s life to the screen, but he handles the historical…

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By Alec B (1,705) on 23 Dec 2013

Nelson Mandela was a great man who did amazing things for his country... but Hollywood sure did sugarcoat the crap out of this movie…

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By Pedro B (76) on 23 Dec 2013

Poderia ter sido melhor, mas passa a mensagem…

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By David R (1,449) on 23 Dec 2013

Idris Elba is exceptional as Mandela. Otherwise, the film tries very hard to compress Mandela's life into 2.5hrs, but doesn't quite succeed…

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By Nick D (941) on 23 Dec 2013

Biopics are a tough genre, and a particular pet peeve of mine…

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By Camille L (1,034) on 23 Dec 2013

Sur une histoire souvent racontee a moitie, Justin Chadwick realise un film remarquable et edifiant, assez classique dans sa forme quoique…

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By Alex R (2,581) on 21 Dec 2013

The subject matter they tried to cover was too broad…

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