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After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.
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An essential film explaining quite a bit of the appartheid and its dissolution. Good and evil fights.
Dont see the hate of this move. just a good movie about the human race!
Sometimes a film does not need to be original or show artistic flair when telling its story. This is particularly the case when portraying momentous and in this case tragic historic events. And critics always searching for "originality" or "flair" when reviewing a film can at times consider no context when truly understanding the intention of a movie such as this one.
A film can certainly do history justice by purely being authentic with strong and brave performances as is the case in The Forgiven.
A movie about the fallout of South Africa's transformation from apartheid to a fragile state of confusion and change, runs the risk of "trying too hard", embellishment or falling victim to basic flaws such as bad acting or poor story telling. However this film is executed perfectly and the performances from Whitaker and Bana were simply outstanding.
A film can certainly do history justice by purely being authentic with strong and brave performances as is the case in The Forgiven.
A movie about the fallout of South Africa's transformation from apartheid to a fragile state of confusion and change, runs the risk of "trying too hard", embellishment or falling victim to basic flaws such as bad acting or poor story telling. However this film is executed perfectly and the performances from Whitaker and Bana were simply outstanding.
I almost did not watch this as IMDb is fairly reliable for me with ratings over/under 6. Not sure why this was a 5.7 however I am a fan of Forrest and Eric. They are equally great in their performance here. Subject matter is hard. This movie had me from start to finish and did not disappoint. The lead characters and supporting leads pull their weight in conveying perspectives from both sides of one of history's darker (and still ongoing) sagas.
Bana delivers a compelling performance that sent chills down my spine, and the exchanges between Bana's Blomfield and Whitaker's Tutu had me absolutely glued to the screen!
I thought the two main characters were brilliantly supported by all of the actors in this film, with a particularly good performance by Thandi Makhubele.
The Forgiven has a solid storyline that handles it's sensitive subject matter well.
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie really cannot understand why it doesn't have a higher rating - which is why I felt compelled to write my first ever IMDB review!
I thought the two main characters were brilliantly supported by all of the actors in this film, with a particularly good performance by Thandi Makhubele.
The Forgiven has a solid storyline that handles it's sensitive subject matter well.
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie really cannot understand why it doesn't have a higher rating - which is why I felt compelled to write my first ever IMDB review!
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- TriviaMichael Ashton adapted the screenplay from the stage play The Archbishop and The Antichrist, which he also wrote.
- Quotes
Desmond Tutu: No one.. is beyond redemption, Vinnie.
- SoundtracksThe Forgiven
Written and Performed by Toni Braxton
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Box office
- Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $42,213
- Runtime
- 1h 55m(115 min)
- Color
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