Eastwood couldn’t have made a safer Mandela film.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 28, 2023

It's all quite draining, with one enthusiastic hurrah after another, until there couldn't possibly be any more motivational orations.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Nov 28, 2020

Invictus sometimes plods just when it should be fleet of foot.

| Nov 27, 2020

It is a film that will likely entertain both history buffs and fans of sports films.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 12, 2020

Freeman was born to play his friend Mandela in Eastwood's inspiring movie.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 18, 2020

There's plenty here to keep the interest for most, and the performances, particularly Freeman's, are excellent.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 5, 2019

What strikes you most about this film is just how much pleasure a sure-footed, confident director can deliver by keeping everything simple.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 16, 2019

Invictus is a powerful and moving story.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 13, 2018

It is probably enjoyable and rousing enough, and does feature a lovely performance by Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela.

| Aug 30, 2018

Invictus is Eastwood in full Stanley Kramer/Richard Attenborough mode, playing down to the Americans who love cheesy triumphant-sports movies but who generally know little about South Africa and care even less.

Full Review | Jul 10, 2018

... tremendously powerful performances... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 20, 2018

History lesson, classic brand of entertainment and stellar performances mark the arrival of Invictus, a testament to the legacy inspired by the return of a native and genuine hero, Nelson Mandela.

| Jan 23, 2018

Morgan Freeman's portrayal of Nelson Mandela creates a superb moment in time on the movie screen.

| Jan 16, 2018

Invictus, like every good Eastwood film, is complexity by way of transparency.

| Dec 14, 2017

The attraction of the film lies not in any surprise but in Morgan Freeman as Mandela -- so pitch perfect that the line between actor and archival is thin.

| Mar 8, 2014

| Original Score: B- | Feb 18, 2012

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2011

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Invictus tells the tale in the standard Hollywood way

| Original Score: 5/10 | Aug 26, 2011

Is it schmaltzy? A little. Is it good anyway? Yes. It's not trying to reinvent the wheel but it understands what it is and that the best place to put its focus is not the rugby field.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 27, 2011