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Reviews Counted: 18
Fresh: 8
Rotten:10
Average Rating: 4.7/10
Theatrical Release: 2007
Synopsis: South Africa - 1968 Twenty-five million blacks are ruled by a minority of four million whites under the brutal Apartheid regime of the Nationalist Party Government. Black people have no vote, no land rights, no rights to freedom of... [More]
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Diane Kruger, Dennis Haysbert, Shiloh Henderson
Director: Bille August
Director August once had a knack for telling stories of adolescent bonds, and he makes good use of one childhood flashback and a scene in which Bafana and Mandela blend into one person. For a moment, he achieves a balance the rest of the film lacks.
The film is most interesting when showing the ignorance of the Afrikaners. The film falters when trying to address the complexities of the political issues.
Another well-meaning, dopily prosaic movie of the sort that often gets a mercy nomination thrown its way ... Does a severe disservice to a truly great history.
n engaging, inspirational and ultimately uplifting drama with superb performances from its two leads.
Sincere as it patently is, and perfectly competently made, Goodbye Bafana progresses through the last years of the apartheid regime at a snail's pace.
The script is lumpen and prosaic, the performances so-so, and the passage of the years deeply unconvincing.
Goodbye Bafana should keep you locked in for most of its generous running time.
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Top Critic A strong performance from Fiennes and excellent period detail can't energise a sluggish biographical drama.
Interesting story and OK performances but this takes a little time to warm up.
Top Critic Full marks to director Bille August for achieving the near-impossible: crafting a film about Nelson Mandela that threatens to send you to sleep and reduces the great man himself to mere background noise.
It's a portrait of political activism that makes John and Yoko's bed-in look lively.
Opportunities to emotionally bond with happenings onscreen are far and few between.
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