Catch a Fire (2006)
76 %
Reviews Counted: 135 Fresh: 103 Rotten:32 Average Rating: 6.7/10
Consensus:
No stranger to the political thriller, director Phillip Noyce tackles apartheid and terrorism with experienced gusto, while Derek Luke and Tim Robbins hand in nuanced performances.
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Theatrical Release: Oct 27, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $4,291,965
Synopsis: Powerfully telling the story of a South African hero's journey to freedom, Catch a Fire is the new film from director Phillip Noyce (The Quiet American, Rabbit-Proof Fence). The political thriller takes place during the country's turbulent and divided times in the early 1980s, and in the new... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Derek Luke, Tim Robbins, Bonnie Henna, Mncedisi Shabangu, Tumisho K. Masha
Director: Phillip Noyce
Screenwriter: Shawn Slovo
Producer: Robert Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anthony Minghella
Screenwriter: Shawn Slovo
Producer: Robert Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anthony Minghella
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01/15/08
Let us hope that Noyce's influence in Hollywood will help give this film the attention it deserves, and that his newfound activism will have some effect.
04/23/07
A scathing examination of how oppression and torture breed terrorism.
04/10/07
Sadly, it's all a bit of a Boer about 20 years past its sell-by date and tells us little we didn't know already.Catch a Fire's sluggishly paced plot refuses to come
03/30/07
Sadly, it's all a bit of a Boer about 20 years past its sell-by date and tells us little we didn't know already.Catch a Fire's sluggishly paced plot refuses to come
03/30/07
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03/24/07
Featuring excllent performances from Luke and Robbins, Catch A Fire is a mature, thought provoking film.
03/23/07
At its best when making the most of the conflicts at the heart of apartheid.
03/23/07
Revolutionary struggle in a film uniquely focused on an ordinary but remarkable man.
03/21/07
An intelligent thriller that effectively conveys the message that terrorism, even in apartheid-era South Africa, is rarely a black-and-white issue.
03/19/07
Noyce's blockbuster tour of duty has equipped him with the skills to bring some of the 20th century's most resonant stories to the masses, dressed in the lean gloss of satisfying thrillers.
02/09/07
What biopics and issue-driven films could be if they had the guts to go beyond the easy answers.
02/06/07
Actually serves as little else but agitprop for South Africa's ruling party . . .
01/10/07
The danger with films like Catch a Fire is that it wields the past purposefully as propaganda without tipping off the audience.
12/31/06
Apartheid revisited, less as a repugnant racist ideology than as an ethically ambivalent philosophy.
12/28/06
A story of bigotry, hatred, rebellion, forgiveness and finally, healing.
12/08/06
Though it was earnest in its heartfelt message, the film was not remarkable enough to make it memorable.
11/28/06
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