Clint Eastwoork and Morgan Freeman at their best.

Rating: 9/10 (12 December 2012)

Another great movie by Clint Eastwood and acted inspirationally by Morgan Freeman as Mandela. Morgan has always seemed to play supporting roles still at a great level and seeing him finally play a Starting role and runs with it. Its hard to imagine that this role the fits like a glove to Morgan Freeman did not get him the Oscar that he has deserved for so long. Its amazing to see a movie about this man be made that seemed to preach about forgiveness and someone who reached across the aisle to unite a divided country. While his election caused a lot of unrest among the ruling whites and the years worth of oppression. With his wisdom he knew that the Rugby team could cause more unrest if it were to be ended, so he instead choose to challenge the captain to win the world cup and unite the whole country. The whole message for forgiveness, unity and persistence make this a movie to see. The relationships created weather with the black and white security detail, the team reaching out to the communities to teach them how to play was a testament to Mandela and his leadership. The way Mandela used the sport of rugby to unite a nation and the way Eastwood also showed this was a very emotional and delightful message that people should be cheering for. In one of his more straight forward works of his career Clint has accomplished one of his most inspirational films in Invictus. Everything in the movie worked on so many degrees of art without being too exaggerated and egotistical it only asks of you to have a open mind and heart. The way Eastwood uses his skills to direct the film so perfectly and to lay back directing when he needs to with out pushing the subject matter too much in our faces. In a time when neighboring countries replaced that white power base that ended up with more self serving regimes whose power was maintained by seizing assets of the former white citizens, that were also replaced with friends being placed into positions of power. These countries then resulted into a land of squalor and destitution. He was then treated with a lack of confidence raising question on how he will be any different. The film was Mandela but the rugby team was his symbol of what he faced that the Africans rooted for the other teams because of apartheid and division between all the races. With his focus and determination the symbol of division would be revived to be the catalyst to unite all South Africans. We may all like a feel food under dog story which this was but this was a much more touching film that is more about people coming together to rebuild their country. With so many great moments and a little romanticized bit of history, this will be something you enjoy and stays with you after the movie is over. He did not solve all the problems of the country but he helped create the foundation for a unification and to improve and grow.