*** - I must admit that I don’t understand the game of rugby at all. If I were to put some effort into it, I’m sure I could figure it out (it doesn’t seem all that complicated), but as it stands I know virtually nothing about how the game works. This movie about South Africa’s run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship, and new president Nelson Mandela’s attempt to unite his people behind the mostly-Afrikaner team, features a whole lot of rugby. In fact, the last 45 minutes is nothing but rugby action interspersed with some strangely assembled montage footage of various groups of people watching rugby. Until that point, though, the movie is not too bad. Morgan Freemandle is a pretty convincing Mandela, and I’ve always had a fascination with South Africa, so that probably skews my rating upwards a little bit. If you don’t find either rugby or South Africa interesting, then this is not the film for you.
Invictus
*** - I must admit that I don’t understand the game of rugby at all. If I were to put some effort into it, I’m sure I could figure it out (it doesn’t seem all that complicated), but as it stands I know virtually nothing about how the game works. This movie about South Africa’s run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship, and new president Nelson Mandela’s attempt to unite his people behind the mostly-Afrikaner team, features a whole lot of rugby. In fact, the last 45 minutes is nothing but rugby action interspersed with some strangely assembled montage footage of various groups of people watching rugby. Until that point, though, the movie is not too bad. Morgan Freemandle is a pretty convincing Mandela, and I’ve always had a fascination with South Africa, so that probably skews my rating upwards a little bit. If you don’t find either rugby or South Africa interesting, then this is not the film for you.
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