Tsotsi (2006)

8/10

...an emotionally honest tale of redemption that does not ignore the fact that we live in a world of cause and consequence.

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02/28/08

2/5

The Johannesburg equivalent of any stateside gangster fairy tale, Tsotsi actually feels even more forced than Hollywood's modern urban dramas.

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09/17/07

B+

Memorable, with a terrific performance by Presley Chweneyagae as Tsotsi that burns in its contained rage.

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09/16/07

1/4

Don't be fooled by the subtitles and the egg head accolades. This pretentious mess is just another country's version of 50 Cent-style fare.

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07/14/07

3/5

Un drama urbano duro y conmovedor, si bien algo previsible, con un estupendo protagonista. Una película realmente atendible que nos acerca al infrecuente cine sudafricano.

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03/13/07

A

This powerful story, reminiscent of Dostoyevsky's 'Crime and Punishment,' is told with a minimum of dialogue.

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01/14/07

4/5

This film won the Oscar for best foreign language film, and it is well deserved.

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07/26/06

3/4

told with conviction and skill, and Chweneyagae's expressive face and eyes reveal all the emotions, fears and hopes that Tsotsi cannot articulate.

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07/14/06

7/10

In the long run, the film may not entirely satisfy one's intellectual curiosity, but it pleases the heart.

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07/09/06

C+

A chance for the stay-at-home world-travelers to catch sight of Johannesburg's filthy sprawling township of Soweto.

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05/13/06

3/5

It’s well-acted, beautifully photographed and meticulously professional.

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05/12/06

4/5

Tsotsi remains at all times an intensely human story, one that transcends the particulars of its time and its place.

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05/06/06

3.5/4

A film of extraordinary viciousness and vulnerability about a criminal who has to meet an infant to remember he is still a child himself.

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05/04/06

N/A

Without cheap deceptions, clever editing, plot conveniences or overt exposition, the film pulls you in and keeps you there on the merit of the story's substance.

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05/03/06

4/5

But by placing the tale in contemporary Soweto and Johannesburg, South Africa, Hood imbues the film with a sense of authenticity that makes the movie seem more moving than manipulative.

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04/22/06

4/4

Gavin Hood, adapting playwright Athol Fugard's 1980 novel, sweeps us out of our comfy seats and drops us into the stark realities of an impoverished world ruled by those most bold and ruthless.

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04/17/06

10/10

Newcomer Presley Chweneyagae is stunning as Tsotsi; it's one of the most affecting performances of 2005.

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04/14/06

3/4

It is Tsotsi's own unresolved infantilism that is the story's true Baby On Board.

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04/14/06

4/5

It is a first peek at a South Africa that doesn't need a Hollywood studio or Hollywood stars to present itself to the world, or to come to grips with itself at home.

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04/07/06