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Winnie Mandela
Directed by
Darrell James Roodt
R
2011
1h 47m
Drama
,
Biography
,
and more
6.1
19%
57%
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A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husband's incarceration.
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Cast of Winnie Mandela
Jennifer Hudson
Winnie Mandela
Terrence Howard
Nelson Mandela
Elias Koteas
Colonel de Vries
Wendy Crewson
Mary Botha
Angelique Pretorius
Marcia
Karl Thaning
Ferry Policeman
Conrad Kemp
Brandfort Policeman
Garth Breytenbach
Roadblock Policeman
David Dennis
Chairperson Truth & Reconciliation Commission
Mary-Ann Barlow
TRC Reporter
Aubrey Poo
Peter Magubane
Unathi Kapela
Winnie (12 & 13)
Fezeka Ndlazilwana
Nancy (8)
Talitha Ndima
Nancy (10, 20, 28 & 30)
Professor Mavuso
Columbus Madikizela
Nomsa Xaba
Makhulu
Bongi Mdongwe
Gertrude (as Bongi Mbongwe)
Tom Fairfoot
BBC Reporter
Jonathan Rands
Judge de Wet
Jennifer Steyn
School Inspector
Andre Van Der Merwe
School Inspector
Shaeleen Tobin
Jan Hofmeyer Woman
Sylvaine Strike
Jan Hofmeyer Woman
Corrine Broomberg
Jan Hofmeyer White Lecturer (as Corinne Broomberg)
Terri Ann Eckstein
Pam (as Terri-Ann Eckstein)
Letisha Singh
Harriet
Christine Le Brocq
John Orr's Sales Assistant
David Clatworthy
John Orr's Manager
Lawrence Joffe
Kliptown Police Captain 1954
Hlomla Dandala
Oliver Tambo
Carolyn Visser
Woman Delegate Lillieslief
Siyabonga Melongisi Shibe
Black Delegate Lillieslief (as Siyabonga Shibe)
Siphiwe Hlabangane
Black Delegate Lillieslief
Adam Neill
White Delegate Lillieslief
Johnathan Taylor
Prof Phillips
Leleti Khumalo
Adelaide Tambo
Yule Masiteng
Nelson's Boxing Trainer
André Stolz
Prosecutor 1958 (as Andre Stolz)
George Papadjakos
Defence Lawyer 1958
Clive Scott
Judge FL Rumpff
Justin Strydom
Chief Policeman
Altus Theart
Policeman 1958
Dewald Reyneke
Policeman 1958
Norman Anstey
Bara Superintendent 1959
Fikile Moeti
Nursing Sister 1959
John Whiteley
Cecil Williams
James van Helsdingen
American Reporter
Martin Le Maitre
Police Sergeant 1965
Francois Coertze
Ferry Policeman
Michelle Botha
Body Search Warden 1965
Neels Van Jaarsveld
Robben Island Visit Guard
Nhlanhilo Milo
Zenani
Zinhle Mabena
Zindzi
Neo Mondewo
Zindzi (8)
Louis Minnaar
Man in Suite (as Louis Minaar)
David Dukas
Warrant Officer Winnie's Arrest 1969
Pumla Ndlazi
Nelli Matabogi
Anriette van Rooyen
Solitary Confinement Officer
Ashley Taylor
Major Prinsloo
Peter Butler
Indian Prisoner
Mpho Sebeng
Student Leader Riots 1976
Lindiwe Ndlovu
Hysterical Woman 1976 Riots
Josh Kempen
Brandfort Banning Officer
Antoinette Louw
Mrs. Hatingh
Jakkie Groenewald
Pollsmor Prison Guard
Jacques Gombault
Warrant Officer Gregory
Muzi Ngwenya
Mob Leader
Abel Ndebele
Stompie
Treasure Tshabalala
Nightclub Doorman
Lieb Bester
Police Lieutenant
Thabiso Masegela
Stompie's Young Friend
Damon Berry
Rev Verryn
Fezile Mpela
Cyril Ramaposa
Deon Lotz
F.W. de Klerk
David Butler
Judge Donovan
Zibuse Zihle
Walter Sisulu
Nambitha Mpumlwana
TRC Panel Member (as Nambitha Mpulwana)
Sandy Mokwena
Black Bishop (as Sandy Mokoena)
Muntu Ndebele
Man with Box
Mutodi Neshehe
Jerry
Thabiso Mtwetwa
MUFC Youth
Thumelo Sibanda
MUFC Youth
Bradley Bareki
MUFC Youth
Vicky Kente
Stompie's Mother
Nonkosi Frances Ndlazilwana
Stompie's Grandmother
Byron Mondahl
Restaurant Manager
Tessa Jubber
Air Hostess (uncredited)
Emile Leuvennink
Extra (uncredited)
Albert Maritz
Dr. Chris Hattingh (uncredited)
Winnie Mandela Reviews
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Despite the marquee names and their obvious talent, the film feels like a made-for-TV movie.
RogerEbert.com
Godfrey Cheshire
In the end, hers is a journey as complicated and fascinating as that of South Africa itself.
Los Angeles Times
Sheri Linden
Like many a biopic before it, "Winnie Mandela" shoehorns an exceptional life into the standard template of a highlights reel, lurching from one Important Moment to the next.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Winnie Mandela is a simplistic look at a complex figure.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
Distant and obvious, it takes a story with many angles and reduces its edges, becoming a glorified TV movie.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
Ms. Hudson's frequent and distracting costume changes are a sign of deeper problems in a movie that wants to be all things to all people, especially women.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Cary Darling
From the swelling melody on the soundtrack that opens the film to the Wind Beneath My Wings-like ballad that closes it, Winnie Mandela ... feels less like history come alive than Hollywood hagiography at its most blandly sentimental.
AV Club
Scott MacDonald
Winnie Mandela is maybe the closest a movie has come to a series of commemorative plates.
Detroit News
Tom Long
By the film's end, Winnie has become so stifled by her own fallen stature that she sits frozen; unfortunately, so does this somewhat confusing movie.
Slant Magazine
Rob Humanick
The film's tonal inconsistencies speak less to the struggles of its titular subject than to its own grasp-exceeding ambitions.
TheWrap
Alonso Duralde
It would have benefited the film if Roodt had been as bold with the mechanics of his storytelling as he is with his inclusion of the title character's less savory moments. But its strengths, particularly the two lead performances, far outweigh its flaws.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
"Winnie Mandela'' really stumbles when it comes to depicting the couple's painful separation, which the film suggests resulted more from politics than Winnie's infidelity.
Variety
Peter Debruge
TV-style biopic reduces South Africa's struggle to the status of an impediment in the blooming romance between Nelson Mandela and his wife Winnie.
Village Voice
Sherilyn Connelly
A story that probably could have been told better as a miniseries, the film's main strength is its performances.
The Hollywood Reporter
David Rooney
This one-dimensional biopic reduces important 20th century political figures to cardboard cutouts.
AALBC.com
Kam Williams
A warts-and-all biopic which focuses on its subject's childhood, college days and marriage while making short shrift of her transition into a war criminal.
We Got This Covered
Griffin Vacheron
Though Winnie Mandela is a more-than-serviceable classroom recounting of events, it fails to reach much higher than that, and deals with identity issues when deciding whether to challenge your views or simply glorify real-life events.
Common Sense Media
Sandie Angulo Chen
Biopic is well acted but uneven and violent.
NewsBlaze
Prairie Miller
Sometimes it can be strangely said that it's a miracle when a certain film even exists, warts and all. So let's cut to the chase, and what really matters in this immensely important movie. Not the least which is, 'Strike a woman, and you strike a rock.'
Film Journal International
Frank Lovece
Affecting biographical drama about the controversial anti-apartheid crusader, wife of fellow South African racial-equality advocate Nelson Mandela.
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