Soccer is a child's games, Rugby is war.

Rating: 8/10 (30 April 2011)

Rugby is in the soul, the heart and the mind. If you are lucky, it is held within your Family as The Greatest of Sports. If you expect Invictus to deliver some great Rugby you are watching the wrong film. Go watch Ireland's Grand Slam 2009 DVD's or the British & Irish Lions Tour from 2009. If you want a truly compelling, well directed movie with it's basis in Rugby then watch Invictus. Morgan Freeman is excellent as Madiba (let's face it Morgan Freeman does not do bad performances) and in fairness to Matt Damon he pulls off the role of François Pienaar rather well. François Pienaar himself was happy with the representation, so should everyone else. Damon is maturing into a very fine actor and Eastwood is (I believe) an exceptional director (watch Gran Torino and call me a liar). Invictus tugs at the heart strings and delivers a message about being colour blind, not only that it gives us all a brief view of what Nelson Mandela suffered though. If you ever wanted a feel good movie, then in a roundabout way, this is it.