Invictus

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Invictus

PG-13

2009

2h 14m

Drama

Biography

Action

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Following the fall of apartheid, newly elected President Nelson Mandela faces a South Africa that is racially and economically divided. Believing he can unite his countrymen through the universal language of sport, Mandela joins forces with Francois Pienaar, captain of the rugby team, to rally South Africans behind a bid for the 1995 World Cup Championship.

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Critics Consensus

Delivered with typically stately precision by director Clint Eastwood, Invictus may not be rousing enough for some viewers, but Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman inhabit their real-life characters with admirable conviction.

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

04/16/2019

3/5

What strikes you most about this film is just how much pleasure a sure-footed, confident director can deliver by keeping everything simple.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

08/30/2018

It is probably enjoyable and rousing enough, and does feature a lovely performance by Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela.

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Michael Atkinson

Sight & Sound

07/10/2018

Invictus is Eastwood in full Stanley Kramer/Richard Attenborough mode, playing down to the Americans who love cheesy triumphant-sports movies but who generally know little about South Africa and care even less.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

08/28/2023

3/4

Eastwood couldn’t have made a safer Mandela film.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

11/28/2020

3/10

It's all quite draining, with one enthusiastic hurrah after another, until there couldn't possibly be any more motivational orations.

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

11/27/2020

Invictus sometimes plods just when it should be fleet of foot.

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Alejandro E

@Alex970 Jun 6

Nelson Mandela’s first five years as President of South Africa, and his tireless, well-known efforts to rebuild the country both socially and in the sporting arena. Morgan Freeman in one of his most memorable roles, and that is precisely what holds the film together.

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Anderson A

@Anderson47474 Jun 6

There's no way Clint directing films with sports as a backdrop isn't masterful; not as dramatic as Million Dollar Baby, but inspiring, just as Nelson Mandela was for South Africa. Morgan Freeman 9.0 Streaming: Netflix Tela: TV Idioma português

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Feb 9

Based on actual events in 2 hours and 14 minutes. Rated PG-13 for Brief Strong Language.

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Jo M

@RT80346642 Sep 30

An excellent story and an excellent watch.

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Tyler S

@tylerking24 Aug 14

I enjoyed this one. Morgan Freeman delivers an astonishing performance of Nelson Mandela while Matt Damon does a great job at playing Francois Pienaar. As a sports film, it does what it needs to. But for a film with Mandela as the leading star, I didn't feel like we got enough of him. To be honest tho, the consensus led me to believe more things would happen. Still was a very good watch, it just felt like it was missing something from being a 5/5 rating.

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Charles C

@RT65628694 05/30/2025

I thought the film was slow and boring so much I fell asleep but the little I remember about this movie was ok.

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Synopsis

Following the fall of apartheid, newly elected President Nelson Mandela faces a South Africa that is racially and economically divided. Believing he can unite his countrymen through the universal language of sport, Mandela joins forces with Francois Pienaar, captain of the rugby team, to rally South Africans behind a bid for the 1995 World Cup Championship.

Director: Clint Eastwood
Producer: Clint Eastwood, Lori McCreary, Robert Lorenz, Mace Neufeld
Screenwriter: Anthony Peckham
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Malpaso Company, Revelations Entertainment, Mace Neufeld Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Drama, Biography, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 11, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 23, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $37.5M
Runtime: 2h 14m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS