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Movie Info

Micah Mangena (Danny Glover) is a black police officer in a small township in apartheid-era South Africa. Mangena is overseen by white officers, but he trains mostly black recruits. His devotion to his job arrives at a breaking point when his son, Zweli (Maynard Eziashi), gets involved with a local anti-apartheid group. Quickly, father and son find themselves on opposite sides of an increasingly dangerous conflict, made worse by the interference of South Africa's Special Branch.

Rating:

PG-13
Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Morgan Freeman
Release Date (Streaming):

Feb 19, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA):

$180.0K
Runtime:

2h 1m
Production Co:

Arsenio Hall Communications, Taubman Entertainment Group
Sound Mix:

Stereo, Surround

Cast & Crew

Danny Glover
Micah Mangena

Malcolm McDowell
De Villiers

Alfre Woodard
Rosie Mangena

Marius Weyers
Van Tonder

Maynard Eziashi
Zweli Mangena

Malick Bowens
Pule Rampa

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Critic Reviews for Bopha!

All Critics (11) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (2)

A handsomely crafted, potently played drama that brings the issue of apartheid down to a visceral human dimension.

March 26, 2009

Leonard Klady
Variety
Involving and complex ...

February 9, 2006 | Full Review…

Trevor Johnston
Time Out
A big, angry, extremely well-acted movie about the powder keg labeled South Africa.

May 20, 2003 | Full Review…

Vincent Canby
New York Times
It is a great performance by Danny Glover, the portrait of a proud man who discovers his pride was entrusted to the wrong things.

January 1, 2000 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie may carry all the right sentiments, but it's essentially a secondhand achievement, a politically correct rehashing of better work.

January 1, 2000 | Full Review…

Desson Thomson
Washington Post
The result is a surprisingly powerful, insightful film. The dramatic curve of the narrative may not seem entirely fresh, and some of the characters are simplistic, but the movie still gets to you.

January 1, 2000 | Full Review…

Hal Hinson
Washington Post
As a fact-based drama that incarnates the horror of South African civil strife, its intensity seems utterly appropriate.

October 16, 2019 | Full Review…

Brian D. Johnson
Maclean's Magazine
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June 26, 2005 | Rating: 2/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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June 1, 2005 | Rating: 4/5

Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com
Inteligente e sensvel, Bopha traz uma performance marcante de Glover e dirigido com segurana por Morgan Freeman - que deveria trabalhar mais atrs das cmeras.

February 27, 2004 | Rating: 4/5

Pablo Villaça
Cinema em Cena