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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Directed by
Justin Chadwick
PG-13
2013
2h 21m
Drama
,
History
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7.1
61%
68%
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A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
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Cast of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Idris Elba
Nelson Mandela
Naomie Harris
Winnie Madikizela
Tony Kgoroge
Walter Sisulu
Riaad Moosa
Ahmed Kathrada
Fana Mokoena
Govan Mbeki
Robert Hobbs
Chief Warder
Jamie Bartlett
James Gregory
Lindiwe Matshikiza
Zindzi Mandela
Terry Pheto
Evelyn Mase
Deon Lotz
Kobie Coetzee
Thapelo Mokoena
Elias Motsoaledi
Zolani Mkiva
Raymond Mhlaba
Simo Mogwaza
Andrew Miageni
David Butler
Colonel Badenhorst
Gys de Villiers
President de Klerk
Atandwa Kani
Nelson Mandela 16-23
Albert Pretorius
Policeman on Train
Zikhona Sodlaka
Nosekeni
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Ratings & Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Even those familiar with the history will be impressed and moved to see these events as Mandela experienced them, before the Nobel Prize and universal adulation recast the past in a glow of inevitability.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Aside from some youthful randiness early in the film, it wouldn't be out of place at a state funeral.
Arizona Republic
Barbara VanDenburgh
Elba has long been better than the film roles he's been offered, a tradition that continues with his leading role here.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
You keep wishing, as "Mandela" plays out, that this were more than one movie.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
This movie begs to be compared to epics such as "Reds" and "Gandhi." But while Elba embodies a dignified hero, the film itself is less than revolutionary.
Detroit News
Tom Long
The life of Nelson Mandela is simply too big, too complex and too important to be contained in one movie.
Reel Talk Online
Candice Frederick
It would have been more compelling had Winnie been the main focus, especially given the number of Mandela films there already have been in recent years. But you can't hate on it to too much; it brought us the remarkable Naomie Harris
National Newspaper Publishers Association
Dwight Brown
[A] well-paced and inspiring movie that preserves the legacy of an icon.
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
Nelson Mandela gets the Classics Illustrated treatment with this handsome, undemanding biopic.
The Hollywood Reporter
David Rooney
The restrained intensity of Idris Elba's performance as Nelson Mandela ennobles this ambitiously sprawling biopic.
Washington Post
Stephanie Merry
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom does a worthy job of honoring both its subject and its audience.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Though it's a story we've heard so often that we perhaps take it for granted, seeing all the events of this remarkable journey laid out for us in a two-hour and 21-minute feature underlines its not-to-be-believed qualities.
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Leonard Maltin
The always-imposing Idris Elba does a fine job interpreting the (now) larger-than-life figure of Nelson Mandela...
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
[A] vibrant, engaging film adapted from Mandela's 2000 autobiography.
San Jose Mercury News
Tony Hicks
Superior acting aside, "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" feels like a film you watch because you should, not because you want to.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
A conventional biopic made anything but conventional by the magnitude of its subject's life and accomplishments, and by Idris Elba's imposing performance in the title role.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Long Walk to Freedom venerates a man, not a movement. But as the world mourns the loss of a great humanist and visionary, this film can provide a starting place for deepening one's knowledge.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Cary Darling
Elba may not look...like the South African leader, but his sheer presence makes you believe he is channeling him. Still, [it] falls frustratingly short as a cinematic experience, trying to cram too much of Mandela's colorful life into too little time.
HitFix
Guy Lodge
A well-meaning film that has its facts more or less straight, but misses any amount of life at the edges.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
At almost 6 feet 3 inches, [Elba is] too big for physical similitude, but big enough in dramatic presence to measure up to his character's courage and moral stature.
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