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Winnie (2011)A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husband's incarceration. Director:Darrell Roodt |
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Colonel de Vries
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Mary Botha
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Marcia
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Hospital Superintendent
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Professor Phillips
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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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one word title | nelson mandela | reference to winnie mandela | south africa | character name in titleGenres:
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Release Date:
5 October 2012 (Canada) See more »Box Office
Budget:
$15,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Ma-Afrika Films, Equinoxe Films, Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa See more »
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I viewed this at the Toronto International Film Festival where it premiered without a final soundtrack and with the end credits missing. But that's not what's important. Sadly, Winnie bites off more than it can chew due to weak, amateurish writing and clichéd action scenes, choppy story-telling and most of all, the casting of Jennifer Hudson, who is embarrassingly over her head as the love of Mandela's life. The larger historical,political and cultural context of this epic tale is missing, and although the basic 'facts' are there, it comes across as lifeless, wooden, artificial and often cloyingly sentimental. There are some bad choices in the story-telling in the interest of Hollywoodizing the saga for audiences who may not be knowledgeable about South African history or realities. Terrence Howard tries hard against the challenges of a lousy script and heavy-handed direction, and ages brilliantly as Mandela. He can't, single-handedly, save the film, so at the moment, the entire project feels as if it's headed straight to DVD.