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Review of Winnie Mandela (2011)

By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 12 Sep 2013

The audacity and determination of its subject doesn't find its way into this shallow and superficial biopic…

Review of Winnie Mandela (2011)

By Godfrey Cheshire (178) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 09 Sep 2013

Ultimately, Winnie is a woman who seems to embody the paradoxes of her country's turbulent history…

Review of Winnie Mandela (2011)

By Griffin Vacheron (5) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 08 Sep 2013

Though Winnie Mandela is a more-than-serviceable classroom recounting of events, it fails to reach much higher than that, and deals with identity…

Review of Winnie Mandela (2011)

By Prairie Miller (985) for NewsBlaze (855) on 07 Sep 2013

Sometimes it can be strangely said that it's a miracle when a certain film even exists, warts and all…

Review of Winnie Mandela (2011)

By Rob Humanick (476) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 05 Sep 2013

The film's tonal inconsistencies speak less to the struggles of its titular subject than to its own grasp-exceeding ambitions…

Review of Winnie Mandela (2011)

By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 05 Sep 2013

It would have benefited the film if Roodt had been as bold with the mechanics of his storytelling as he is with his inclusion of the title…

Review of Winnie Mandela (2011)

By Frank Lovece (341) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 05 Sep 2013

Affecting biographical drama about the controversial anti-apartheid crusader, wife of fellow South African racial-equality advocate Nelson Mandela…

Review of Winnie Mandela (2011)

By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 05 Sep 2013

Winnie Mandela'' really stumbles when it comes to depicting the couple's painful separation, which the film suggests resulted more from politics…

Review of Winnie Mandela (2011)

By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 04 Sep 2013

Any urgency the movie has comes from co-star Terrence Howard, a firebrand of an actor who can’t be contained by a paint-by-numbers script…

Review of Winnie Mandela (2011)

By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 04 Sep 2013

Winnie Mandela is a simplistic look at a complex figure…

Review of Winnie Mandela (2011)

By Sheri Linden (962) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 04 Sep 2013

Like many a biopic before it, Winnie Mandela shoehorns an exceptional life into the standard template of a highlights reel, lurching from one…

Review of Winnie Mandela (2011)

By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 04 Sep 2013

Decently acted despite screenplay shortcomings…

Review of Winnie Mandela (2011)

By Aisha Harris (36) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 04 Sep 2013

Director Darrell Roodt’s by-the-numbers biopic suffers from clunky dialogue and shallow characterization, all while never deciding what to…

Review of Winnie Mandela (2011)

By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 04 Sep 2013

Obscured truth disrespects history, and a biopic without strong writing and acting isn't much of anything…

Review of Winnie Mandela (2011)

By Scott Macdonald (9) for AV Club (2,778) on 04 Sep 2013

Poor Hudson tries to live up to both the character and the clothes, but she isn’t anywhere near assertive enough a screen presence; whenever…

Review of Winnie Mandela (2011)

By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 04 Sep 2013

By the film's end, Winnie has become so stifled by her own fallen stature that she sits frozen; unfortunately, so does this somewhat confusing movie…

Review of Winnie Mandela (2011)

By Cary Darling (452) for Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com (553) on 04 Sep 2013

From the swelling melody on the soundtrack that opens the film to the Wind Beneath My Wings-like ballad that closes it, Winnie Mandela…

Review of Winnie Mandela (2011)

By Andrew Schenker (354) for Time Out (7,510) on 02 Sep 2013

This twist doesn’t so much probe the situation’s ambiguities as reflect the filmmaker’s uncertainty about how to properly portray a major…

Review of Winnie Mandela (2011)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for Village Voice (8,525) on 02 Sep 2013

A story that probably could have been told better as a miniseries, the film's main strength is its performances…

Review of Winnie Mandela (2011)

By Jim Slotek (879) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 03 Oct 2012

Over decades, the Mandelas have been among the world's most examined couples. Few examinations could have been as superficial as this…

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