Great performances, but keep your remote in hand

Rating: 6/10 (29 December 2009)

Invictus is a film with great performances by Matt Damon & Morgan Freeman, but the film should be watched at home with remote in hand. Although this is no way to watch a movie, Invictus is one where you can fast forward through a lot of it. It is sometimes vague and boring, but mostly it is an inspirational, and entertaining sports film. The remote should be in hand, though because at 2 hours and 15 minutes, it drags too long, and the boring and vague parts should be skipped through. The film is directed by Clint Eastwood, who always finds a way to tell a good story. The film is about Nelson Mandala, played brilliantly by Morgan Freeman. Freeman, a great actor all his own, is a friend of Mandala's which might of given him some strength. That said, Freeman could give a great performance whether he knows his character or not. Matt Damon is also good as Francois Pienaar, the captain of the South Africa rugby team. The film, for teenagers will be more like an educational video rather than a film, but as a college and/or high school graduate, see Invictus at home so you can skip through the 10 or 15 minutes of vague and boring moments.