Winnie

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Apr 17, 2020 Was ok I thought . Jammed a lot in hour 45. First time seeing anything about her . Quite a story . Good cast See more May 28, 2017 Some good performances from the two lead actors here. I did not know much about Winnie's life story, so this was a good introduction. See more Dec 6, 2015 autobiography movie about the story of winnie Mandela. winnie is played by Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard plays nelson Mandela. excellent, excellent movie. very well acted and the storyline very well written. See more Dec 2, 2014 Not bad, but not great. Needed more authenticity. But my word Terrence Howard's Xhosa accent is terrible in this film. He sounds Italian! See more May 22, 2014 Superior to Long walk to freedom, in essence a love story where something goes terribly wrong. Conditions in SA and specifically in jail much better portrayed in Winnie. Heart warming and terrifying. Watched it three times in 3 days! Much less Hollywood than similar movies on Mandela's life. See more Mar 27, 2014 This biopic about the first wife of iconic and legendary South African statesman and apartheid adversary Nelson Mandela, stars Academy Award winning actress Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) as the title character who was raised in a strict, rural upbringing with a schoolteacher father who was disappointed with the fact that she was his sixth daughter. Winnie worked hard to win his approval and when she was of age she moved to the city to pursue medical school -- which was unusual in a sexist, apartheid South Africa. It was here that she met (and almost reluctantly) fell in love with the young political revolutionary Mandela (Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow) who was already an "enemy" of the white government for believing in equality. The film is rather shaky in that it doesn't really appear to know what it wants to tell us about Winnie and while an Oscar-winner (in a good performance with one STELLAR, knockout scene), Hudson does appear to have a limited acting range. After Nelson is arrested and incarcerated, Winnie also faces some horrible and unjust, inhumane abuses at the hands of the South African government and once she is freed she attempts to carry his mantle but does so with some very questionable actions that have today tainted her legacy. The film perhaps wants to be overly honest but in doing so Winnie doesn't come across as a winning figure for such a biopic. Different time ... different place. She was strong and she was not broken and she did NOT give up. Like her or not -- she was no Nelson -- I wish this movie had been better. See more Read all reviews

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