My Movie Review: Invictus

My Movie Review: Invictus
By Wade Durham


Clint Eastwood is getting pretty old, but that obviously does not stop him from doing what he lives and that is making movies. Invictus is a very interesting take on the story behind the presidency of Mandella and how he inspired South America to go for gold in the World Cup at Rugby. The second inspirational sports movie of my day (Blindside was the other). However unlike The Blindside there was something different about Invictus, there was a little more truth to it, and not to mention top notch editing. Eastwood has done nearly everything in film and I am guessing he found a story that aroused his interest and made it into a pretty good biopic. Now this next thing I am going to right is going to be hard because its hard to say anything negative about a Clint Eastwood movie. Invictus was entirely predictable, but it wasn't the kind of film for twists in turns. In areas they focused to hard on important matters, and the final rugby match drags the movie out to one of the longest two hours i've had in awhile. Another public interest film, kind of like The Informant! (2.5/5) where I disagreed with most critics basically because its not entertainment to me, its telling a very inspirational and damn good story, but it felt like a boring history lessons at points. The best part about the film is incredible oscar-worthy performances by Freeman and Damon, where they had different accents and changed most of their apperance for. Invictus may not be a classic, but Eastwood made it for a reason, simply the fact that the story had to be told.


3/5 Good Review.