Film Review: Invictus

1. Who is your favorite character from the film?
My favorite character is by far Mandela. I don't like most of the characters because they are too stereotyped and plain. I pick Mandela because I just love Morgan Freeman

2. How does this film compare to all the other films we have seen in class?
This movie is the one that shows the less violence, and because of this it's not faithful to South Africa's history. The film simplifies what happened in order to make a movie that would be Hollywood worth.

3. Would you considered this film a educative film and would you recommend it to someone? Why/Why Not?
I think it is not educative, the conflict is sugar coated. I wouldn't recommend it because we watched a lot of films that were a lot more educative. I also wouldn't recommend it to someone that's just learning about the apartheid because it doesn't show much of the conflict and it doesn't explain much of the history.

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