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the only violence is rugby: Not a problem for our family
the incredible story and history was worth the trade off in terms of the violence of the rugby game. it showed the sport for what it is, and did not glorify violence. I took my 10 1/2 year old son and we both loved it. the problem with PG 13 movies is the trailers shown beforehand.
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Encouraging Movie
I really liked this movie because, it showed how the players went into the poor neighborhood and taught the poor children of Africa how to play rugby. After people seeing the rugby team help the poor, and become connected with one another. That was the beginning of unity in Africa no matter whether they were white or African.
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Leadership, compassion, forgiveness... and testosterone-laden rugby
This is an uplifting movie and an inspiring performance by Morgan Freeman. It shows a narrow slice of history, but its message of compassion and forgiveness is very powerful. The rugby scenes were a little too testosterone-driven for my taste, but I don't see how they could have been omitted or done differently.
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very inspiring, exceptional movie
Really inspiring movie, best understood by kids if you give them a little background information on South Africa before going. You couldn't ask for a better role model than Nelson Mandela in this movie. What a wise and inspiring person.
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Great, inspiring movie with amazing performances
Its as if it was written somewhere that Freeman would play Mandela, because his performance is very right-on. It's unlike most movies I've seen...it's familiar, and underdog tale, but also a very original biopic that should be seen by the mature, who can understand Mandela's actions: he knew the Rugby World Cup would bring all races together, even though it seems there was a large seperation.
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Invictus is amazing!!!
Invictus is a great movie about sportsmanship and having faith in your team.
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Inspiring
Though I do not understand rugby at all and have no clue what it is, this movie taught me more about rugby.
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good but may bore young kids
This is a good movie but the only reason its rated pg13 is that there is 3 f**** so there isn't tomuch bad stuff in it but it most likely won't interest young kids so just wait to watch it
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great movie
awesome movie about nelson mandella
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Forgive your enemies & they'll forgive you.
Nelson Mandela forgived the whites even when they tore his family apart by jailing him for almost 30 years. I never thought rugby which is only a sport can bring a nation together. Nelson Mandela believed the Springboks can win it eventhough most of the blacks considered the Springboks as failures. In the end, his trust settles the conflict between the whites & the blacks when the Springboks won the final round against New Zealand, whose team always win including a 147-point match defeated Japan. maybe leaders of other countries as well as the people should take note of this. With kindness & forgiveness, the past will be defeated & stay silent for good. Though don't forget about the past completely as what I'm reviewing is also in the past.
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Strong language, unnecessary.
Suggested MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for some strong language. At least 2 f**ks, and other strong language such as p*s*y, sh**, b***h, g*dd*mn
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Great for kids
Great movie, just some bad language.
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Incredible inspirational story
This is an extremely well-made movie based on a true story that is gripping, inspirational, as well as an interesting piece of history. It is a wonderful sports movie that our whole family loved -- it didn't sustain our 5 year old's interest in the beginning as it was too hard to understand. However, our 9 year old absolutely loved it as did his parents. The 5 year old enjoyed the more action scenes at the end. Great, great movie.
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its great for kids 10 and over but not eney ages under
i love the movie its the best movie i'v ever seen i wan to see it again and it teaches that life is worth living
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Suprisingly plesent
I'm starting to really like dramas. My mom and dad and me were trying to find a movie to watch and we came across "Invictus". I,being my usual self, judged this movie by its cover and thought it was going to be a piece of crap. After the first ten minutes I was all ears. There was a little bit of violence, a little bit of sexual stuff, some language and thats it. I really recomend this movie.
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True story with inspiring themes
This movie had great acting by Morgan Freeman as Mandela, and such wonderful themes of forgiveness and love and acceptance. The rugby is fairly exciting to watch, even if you are not a big sports fan (like me) and do not understand in the least how it works, and the scene where the rugby players teach the African children to play is heartwarming. Overall a good movie for tweens and up; the only concern is some unnecessary bad language (but nothing too inappropriate) and PG-level kissing, etc.
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Inspirational History Lesson...as History should be taught and more would be interested in learning!
i was not watching it with the intention of sharing with my kids...but now may re-watch it as it is such a well done movie and such a great lesson for my kids to learn...off hand don't remember anything shockingly off, but may once i watch it again with the intention of sharing with my 9 & 7 year olds...4 year old probably would not stay interested anyway! but def. think this is a movie for all kids to see and learn from at some point! what an amazing man Mandela is! the swearing is something my kids probably would not notice anyway...and i would rather be the one to explain that type of language to them anyway as oppose to kids at school and i can easily skip the first few minutes as someone mentioned something in the beginning that i missed as i was quickly checking my email and just listening to the opening song...if not now i will watch with my kids at some point! and have already spoke to them about it as we were reading about him in the new book "Heroes for my Son" the next day after i had just watched the movie!
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